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 347
ct the angle by the line b f.On either of the lines of the angle erect a perpendicularequal to the given radius d e, viz., d e, * Periphery, the circumference or bounding-line of a circle. 320 ELEMENTARY DRAWING FOR HOUSE PAINTERS. From draw a line parallel to b c, cutting the bi-secting line in o.… … Fig. 130. Let A B c be the given angle, and p the given point,through which the required circle is to pass. Bisect the angle A b c, by the line b d. From any point in b d, as E, draw a circle, touchingboth lines forming the angle. From B, draw a line through p, cutting this circle in f. Join F to…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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