s ; but they cannot long retain that powerfrom want of the requisite hardness. 234 THE DECORATOR S ASSISTANT. (Concluded from page 210.) Fig. 13 represents the hyperbolical ovolo, asem][)loyed in Doric capitals. To describe it:having given the projection of the curve andthe lower extremity a, draw… … Fig. 13. a e; join bf, and divide bf and b c into thesame convenient number of equal parts ; drawstraight lines from a to the points of division inb c, and also straight from g through the pointsin fb; the successive intersections of theselines, as in the case of the Greek ovolo [seefig. 7, page…
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