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Carpentry : being a comprehensive guide book for carpentry and joinery : with elementary rules for the drawing of architecture in perspective and by geometrical rule : also, treating of roofs, trussed girders, floors, domes, stair-cases and hand-rails, shop fronts, verandahs, window-frames,shutters, &c. &c., and public and domestic buildings, with plans, elevations, sections, &c. &c. (1848)

Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844 · London : J. Weale · leaf 123

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ch we know to have all its six sides OO Q regular squares, assumes the form of an irregular hexagon. The circle instead of being represented by a curve line, equidistant in all its points from the centre,assumes the form of an ellipse, flatter or broader according to its ciz:? position above or… … they appear, and the greater the distance so does their size apparently * An elementary treatise on this subject, published by Mr. Weale, and addressed to amateurs and juvenile students in drawing, gives a very clear insight into the use and application of the rules of perspective ; and would be…

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