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 331
hus complete the figure. As in the preceding problem any polygon may be thusformed, the diameter in this case being divided into thenumber of parts corresponding with the sides of therequired polygon. It is, however, indispensable thatthe line c d be drawn through the second division. Fig. 112. To… … B Fig. 112 in E. THE CONSTRUCTION OF GEOMETRICAL FIGURES. 305 From c, with, radius c e, describe an arc cutting thecircle in f. Draw c r, whicli will be one side of the Pentagon.Set off the length c f, round the circle, viz., g, h, i.Draw lines f g, g h, h t, and i c, which will completethe figure.…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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