International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, International textbook company · leaf 66
th tacks,and tie the ends togetherat the point farthest fromthe vertical on the hori-zontal line; place lead pencilinside and follow around,and we have a perfect ellipseas a result, as shown in Fig. 75. By moving the tacks farther away from the verticalline, the ellipse is elongated, if the same… … 56 ELEMENTS OF LETTERING. §1 arcs, Avith compass from a to b ; from tlie points c, describeupper and lower lines from a to a and h to h. 119. Another simple form of the ellipse is made by describing two circles, whichtogether form the lengthof the ellipse, and drawinga horizontal line throughthe…
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