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 315
Fig. 91. lines B A and b c in d and e. From D and e, with any radius, describe arcs cuttingeach other in f. 288 ELEMENTARY DRAWING FOR HOUSE PAINTERS. Draw B F, which will bisect the angle. Fig. 92. To INSCRIBE A CIRCLE in the triangle ABC. Bisect any two of the angles. c … Fig. 92. Produce the bisecting lines until they meet in d.From D, with radius d e, a circle may be described,which will touch all three sides of the triangle. Fig. 93. To DRAW A CIRCLE through threepoints, however placed (provided they be not in astraight line). Let A B and c be the three given…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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