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 312
ON OF GEOMETRICAL FIGURES. 285 Mark any two points on the line, viz. c and d.Set off equal distances, e f and g on each side of cand D. From e f,ghy with any radius, describe arcs cuttingeach other in i and J. Draw lines from c and d through i and J. On these perpendiculars set off from c and d the… … Fig. 88. Draw a line c parallel to a b. The line c may, for the present, be drawn of anylength. From c set off along this line the number of partsinto which the line a b is to be divided, viz. 1 to 7. marks on a road made by the wheels of a cart which has passed overit, are parallel, as are also…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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