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 323
w F G parallel to a c.Draw G H and f i parallel to d b.Join H I, which will complete the square in thetrapezium. Fig. 103. To INSCRIBE A CIRCLE in a given TRAPEZIUM (a B C d) OF WHICH THE ADJACENT SIDESARE EQUAL. Draw the diagonal a b, which will bisect the anglesc B D or c A D. Bisect the angle a… … 0 Fig. 103. Fig. 104. To TRISECT A RIGHT ANGLE, ABC. From B, with any radius, describe the quadrant d e.From D, with radius d b, describe an arc cuttingE D in F.
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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