Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. (1915)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836- [from old catalog] · Chicago, Ill., Printed by F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 406
32 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING SELF TAUGHT ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING SELF TAUGHT 33 ments, such as splines, ellipsographs, and beam-compasses; the latter being designed fordrawing circles of large diameter, and are somade that the points can be moved to thedesired distance apart. One steel point may… … Fig. 17. Splines are flexible strips of wood or metal,and are used for forming curves—regular orvariable—and are held in position by a peculiarattachment which serves to hold the curve inposition as shown at S S S, Fig. 17. Theseattachments are made of lead. The ellipsograph is a costly instrument…
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