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Image from page 437 of "Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .." (1915)

Identifier: easystepsinarch00hodg

Title: Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing ..

Year: 1915 (1910s)

Authors: Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836- [from old catalog]

Subjects: Architecture Architectural drawing

Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Printed by F. J. Drake & co.

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

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Fig. 40. 60 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING SELF TAUGHT he can draw or describe it from memoryalone. Fig. 41 is simple enough when the principle isunderstood. The circles inside are drawn from

 

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Fig. 41. six centers, or from the six points of a hexagon.Care must be taken not to cross the lines at theintersections of the circles, when such crossingsare not intended. This will give good practice. Fig. 42 is somewhat complicated, but it issurmised that no trouble will be found in theformation of the ornament; at least, thereought not to be, if the student has been mindfulof what has gone before. There are many situations in which a curved ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING SELF TAUGHT 61 line is required that calls for more or less skillto properly adjust to the purpose, and in orderto arm the student with the proper knowledgeto find centers for this purpose, the followingproblem is laid before him: Suppose we havethree points that are not in a straight line, as ABC, Fig. 43. .>. through which ^^T^^^^Sc^^v^Sv we want to /V r~~TK. /f\ \^~^^\ draw a portion /^l ^V^H^^^/\^-J^^^\^of a circle. Let A \—^~\\\lA,J^ /\1\BHCbeachord K V^^O^^^^^^^x^^of the segment 1 \ ^>/^^^^

 

 

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