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 319
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, and h. Draw E F, F… … Fig. 98. Draw tlie diagonals a d and b c. THE CONSTRUCTION OF GEOMETKICAL FIGURES. 293 From their intersection (o), witli radius o a, o b, o cor o D, describe the circle touching the four angles of thesquare. Fig. 99. To FIND THE CENTRE OF A CIRCLE. C y Fig. 99. Draw a chord,* as A b, and bisect it…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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