The stars and stripes, from Washington to Wilson, 1777-1914 .. (1914)
Stewart, Charles West, 1859-1929 · Washington, D.C., The Navy publishing co. · leaf 54
Fig-. 3 Fig-. 4 Fig. 5 Cut vertically XY, choosing point X so that OX is equal to OA. OYwill be about one-third of OX. From Washington to Wilson 27 Open the portion XYO, and there appears the half star (Figure 6).Open this folded half star, and the five-pointed star appears (Figure 7).This star is… … Fig-. 6 Fig-. 7 It is a curious fact that the side of the star is very near 1.9 times theradius of the circle and 1.9 is the proportion of the length to the heightof the national ensign required by Executive Order, 1637. The lines in Figure 1 may at first be laid off by a protractor. Practicewill…
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