Jackson, Frank G · London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 67
erent distances, leaving spaces of an oblong form. Curves are struck within them, the centres of which are marked. Fig. 2 shows a series of semicircles, emphasized so as to generate a trefoil pattern. Figs. 3 and 4 are patterns resulting from a basis of circles. Figs. 5 and 6 are developed upon… … These, if abstracted, can be used as elements for the construction of new patterns. The above forms have been taken from Plate VI 1 1., and on Plate X. are shown some examples of the use made of them in the formation of different patterns, By further analysis we can reduce these figures to simple…
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