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 310
nglesmust be ri^ht angles. If both these conditions be fulfilled, both the THE CONSTHUCTION OF GEOMETRICAL FIGUHES. 283 Draw the line a b 2^ in. long. At B erect the perpendicular b c IJ in. high. From c, with radius a b, describe an arc (c). From A, with radius b c, describe an arc {d) cuttingthe… … From c, with a radius rather shorter than from c toB, draw an arc, cutting a b in the two points d and e. diagonals will be equal. Diagonals are lines crossing to oppositeangles, as a d and b c. * The greatest pains should be taken to acquire, from the first, theoower of measuring with perfect…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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