Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 272
rdinateaxes. For every part of a design of which the elements are not geomet-rical lines, such as a right line or circle, the method of abscissa andordinate is used, as in laying out profiles of mouldings or curved orna-ments such as eggs in the egg and dart motive. Take for example abaluster. Fig.… … Fig. 9. Capital and Entablature from theParthenon. 215 16 AECHITECTURAL DRAWING of the mouldings should be drawn in. lietween C and 1), however,the profile of the shaft may vary very much and the student will nothe able to copy it except by laying off horizontal divisions. For thatpurpose, draw the…
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