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 316
Fig. 93. that a line connecting a with c, in addition to those atA B, B c, would convert the figure into a triangle. Fig. 94. To CONSTRUCT ON THE GIVEN LINE D E, ANANGLE SIMILAR TO THE ANGLE ABC. … Fig. 94. 290 ELEMENTARY DRAWING FOR HOUSE PAINTERS. From B, with any radius, describe an arc cutting thesides of the angle in c and d. From E, with the same radius, describe an arc cuttingE 1) in F. Measure the length from point c to d.Mark off the same on the arc from f, viz., topoint G. Draw a…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-349-240.webp)
