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 335
. 115. Join these points, and an Octagon will be inscribed inthe square. Fig. 116. To INSCRIBE AN OOTAGrON IN A givencircle. Draw the diameter a b, and bisect it by c d. Bisect the quadrants a c, c b, a d, and b d, in thepoints E F G H. Draw lines connecting all the eight points^ whichwill complete… … THE CONSTRUCTION OF GEOMETRICAL FIGURES. 309 From B and c, draw lines through o, cutting the circlein D and e, and the tangent in the point f. Bisect the angle at f, and produce the bisecting lineuntil it cuts a g in h. From o, with radius o h, cut the lines d c and e b inI and J. From H, I, and J,…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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