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 341
circle, and the curve cannot therefore be drawnwith compasses so as to be mathematically correct;there are, however, many ways in which figures nearlyapproximating to ellipses may be drawn by arcs ofcircles ; and as these are very useful for general prac-tical purposes, the following three methods… … Fig. 123. From c and d, with radius c d, describe arcs cuttingeach other in f and g. Draw lines g c, g d, f c, and f d, and produce themuntil they cut the circles in h, i, J, and k. From f and g, with radius f k or g i, draw arcsuniting h with i, and J with k, which will completethe figure. THE…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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