Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900)
Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849- · New York, B. Hessling · leaf 45
re thesecircles cut each other will be the foci. Now divide the trans-verse axis into two unequal parts, and from the foci as centresdescribe circles having these unequal parts for their radii; thepoints of intersection will be four points of the Ellipse. Anotherdivision will give another four… … The Ellipse, and its Sabdivision. Plate 20. 32 The ElliDse. the transverse and conjugate axes; join the ends of the axes inone of the quarters by a diagonal; and set-off a number of pointson this diagonal. Through these points draw straight lines fromthe opposite angle, and also parallels to the…
Decoration and ornament · Art objects
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