A practical manual of house-painting, graining, marbling and sign-writing : containing full information on the processes of house-painting in oil and distemper, the formation of letters and practice of sign-writing, the principles of decorative art, a course of elementary drawing for house-painters, writers, etc., and a collection of useful receipts ; with nine coloured illustrations of woods and marbles, and numerous wood engravings (1888)
Davidson, Ellis A., d. 1878 · London : C. Lockwood & Son · leaf 308
dius ; it is the length from the centre of a circle to itsouter line or circumference. THE CONSTRUCTION OF GEOMETRICAL FIGURES. 281 Fig. 82. To ERECT A PERPENDICULAR FROM THE POINT c, which may be at the end, or at any other part,of a line, a b. From c, with any radius, draw an arc, d d.From D,… … D C Fig. 82. Draw a line through the point i to meet the point c,and this line will be the perpendicular required. Fig. 83. To CONSTRUCT A SQUARE on the given LINE A B. Make the perpendicular A c equal in length to a b.This is best done by using a as a centre, and a b asradius, then describing the…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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