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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 311

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Fig. 86. This mode would apply if the point c were underthe line, or if A b were placed obliquely, etc. (as inFig. 86). … Fig. 87. To DRAW A LINE PARALLEL* TO A B, AND AT A GIVEN DISTANCE FROM IT. * Parallel means running in the same direction, and keeping thesame distance apart from each other. For instance, the **ruts ot THE CONSTRUCTION OF GEOMETRICAL FIGURES. 285 Mark any two points on the line, viz. c and d.Set…

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