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 340
curve of the Ellipse mustbe traced by hand through the intersections. THE CONSTRUCTION OF GEOMETRICAL FIGURES. 313 Fig. 122. To CONSTRUCT A SEMI-ELLIPTICAL ARCH, OFWHICH A B IS THE SPAN, AND C D THE HEIGHT. At A and b erect perpendiculars, and at d draw ahorizontal, thus constructing the rectangle… … Fig. 122. From D, draw lines to the points, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, in thelines E A and f b. From G, draw lines through the points 1, 2, &c., inthe line a b, and produce these lines until they cut thoseof corresponding numbers drawn from d, to the pointsiu the lines e a and f b. Thus :—G 1 will cut d 1…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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