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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 217

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drawalso the vertical line ah c thi-oiigh the extremepoint h, or projection of the curve. Draw 6 eparallel to c a, and a cf parallel to c 6 ; make efequal to a e; divide the lines eh and h c into thesame convenient number of equal parts; drawstraight lines from the point a to the points ofdivision… … Fig. -. the pairs of lines thus drawn will be as manypoints in the contour of the moulding, and acurve line traced so as to embrace these pointswill be the greater part of the contour. Theremaining part b g, if required to be deter-mined in the same manner, may he found bydrawing lines from a…

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