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Ornamental drawing, and architectural design. With notes, historical and practical. Upwards of 200 illustrations (1857)

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20 ORNAMENTAL DRAWING, from these points, with radius equal to c d, describing arcs cutting in the points ef h g. The curves terminating in the points 5 G, 7 8, fig. 30, i fig. 31. are formed in like manner, the centres of the arcs being found in a square drawn diagonally in the first, as shown in… … By means of arcs of different radii, from points in different figures, as squares, diamonds, triangles, &c., a vast variety of figures can be ob- tained, in which the distinguishing feature is a combination of circular lines. The pupil is recommended to construct a variety of these by altering the…

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