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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 113

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even equal parts. From the third division onthe base strike a perpendicular line, and thenfrom the half of the side of the square marked3J a horizontal one intersecting both, the pointof which will be the centre required. Takehalf a division as marked on the base, andstrike the small circle, after… … Fig: 12. The arc 2 is now to be struck from fig. 2 and I of the line, thus producing what are tech terminated at b, from fig. 3 to c, and so onuntil the volute is completed. Much of the accuracy of the volute dependsessentially upon the lozenge in the centre ofthe small dotted circle, which, if not…

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