. An encyclopædia of gardening; . from the principal propertyby minute marks on the delineation. 1910. In the imnoramic view, the delineator supposes himself placed on an eminence,as the roof of the mansion, where centrical, and looking round on all that he sees onevery side. Where there is a prominent hill, or where the mansion is on an eminence,this is a very desirable mode of giving a general idea of a domain, and by the aid of hori-zontal lines and lines converging to them from the centre of vision, some idea may behad, on flat surfaces at least, of the relative heights and distances of ob
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . from the principal propertyby minute marks on the delineation. 1910. In the imnoramic view, the delineator supposes himself placed on an eminence,as the roof of the mansion, where centrical, and looking round on all that he sees onevery side. Where there is a prominent hill, or where the mansion is on an eminence,this is a very desirable mode of giving a general idea of a domain, and by the aid of hori-zontal lines and lines converging to them from the centre of vision, some idea may behad, on flat surfaces at least, of the relative heights and distances of objects. 1911. A simple mode is to give a general view, or distaizt prosiKCt of the .estate, or its Book IV. TRANSFERRING DESIGNS TO PLANE SURFACES. 373 principal parts {jig. 355.), as seen from some elevated conspicuous hill, building, orobject near it; or if the estate, as is frequently the case, is situated on the side of ahill, or rginge of hills, a situation on the plain, or flat grounds opposite to it, will besufficient. 355. 1912. Great improvemmts have been made in the art of delineating estates by T. Hornof,an elegant and scientific chorometer and draughtsman. See his Mode of DelineatingEstates, 8vo. 1813; and Lehmans Topographical Plan Draimig,^ oblong fo\. 1822. Mo-dels of estates are also formed in cork, papier machee, and other substances, whichfor hilly scenery are very useful and entertaining. Sect. II. Of transferring Designs from Pliper or Memory to Ground. 1913. Staking or marking out plans is a subject requiring much greater skill than thelast, on account of the inequalities and other obstructions met with on the groundssurface. It may be considered, 1. As to transferring figures to plane surfaces; 2. Toirregular or obstructed surfaces ; and, 3. Arranging quantities. SuBSECT. 1. Transferring Figures and Designs to plane Surfaces. 1914. The transferring of plane or regular figures to even ground is nothing more thanperforpiing the elementary problems of geometr
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