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 336
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, with radius h a,… … Fig. 118. Draw the diameters a b and c d, at right angles toeach other. From A B c D, with radius of the circle, describe arcscutting each other in e, f, g, and h. Join these points, and a square will be described aboutthe circle. 310 ELEMENTARY DRAWING FOR HOUSE PAINTERS. Draw the diagonals e h…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-38-16.webp)
