The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 325
Before proceeding to show what may easily be done bya simple combination of the figures we have constructed,t. e., the oval, square, and circle, let me introduce another,which enters, by a kind of natural law, into almost all formsor groups of forms, namely, the triangle. Observe in theannexed cut.… … ^^.A A moments reflection will show, that from the little nymphin the cut to the great pyramid, everything that rests s >lid- THE MAGIC OF ART. 309 ly upon the earth must take the form, more cr less, of thisbroad-based tapering figure. Roofs of houses, churches, and
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