International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, International textbook company · leaf 67
Fig. vg. meeting at the point h ; from this jioint describe the curvefrom a to a, top and bot-tom, and the resultingfigure will be an approxi-mate ellipse. The ellipseis sometimes spoken of asan oiml. This word, how-ever, is a misnomer, as theoval derives its name fromthe Latin ovum, meaningan egg,… … MODIFICATIONS OF THE FUXDAME:N^TAL STTI.FS. 120. The various styles of alphabet included in this courseare known as the fundamental styles, from which arise otherstyles that, though they resemble the above somewhat, have solittle characteristic modification that they are scarcely worthour present…
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