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 318
thelatter, that it contains precisely the same space or area. When employedtogether, the figure in question is understood to he of both the samesize and shape as the one with which it is compared. THE CONSTRUCTION OF GEOMETRICAL FIGURES. 291 Fig. 96. To CONSTRUCT A SQUARE on a given DIAGONAL A B.… … Fig. 96. Fig. 97. To DESCRIBE A SQUARE about a circle. Draw two diameters, A b and c d, at right angles toeach other. From A and c, with radius equal to the radius ofthe circle (o a), describe arcs cutting each otherin E. From BCD and d a, with same radius, describe arcscutting each other in f, g,…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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