. Games of skill, and conjuring: including draughts, dominoes, chess, morrice . THE EAW MATEEIAL. 57. There are few in-door pursuits more interesting and instructivethan those which may be classed under the head of modelling, andwe flatter ourselves that the following directions for forming pleasingobjects in card-board, plaster, and other materials, will aSbrd manyof our readers much gratification :— CAED-BOARD WORK. The implements requisite are not verynumerous or expensive; they consist of abrass parallel rule ; a flat rule or scale,either of brass or ivory, divided not onlyinto inches, but
. Games of skill, and conjuring: including draughts, dominoes, chess, morrice . THE EAW MATEEIAL. 57. There are few in-door pursuits more interesting and instructivethan those which may be classed under the head of modelling, andwe flatter ourselves that the following directions for forming pleasingobjects in card-board, plaster, and other materials, will aSbrd manyof our readers much gratification :— CAED-BOARD WORK. The implements requisite are not verynumerous or expensive; they consist of abrass parallel rule ; a flat rule or scale,either of brass or ivory, divided not onlyinto inches, but subdivided into quarter, andhalf-quarter inches; a T square, fig. 1, inthe accompanying illustration; a carpenterssquare, fig. 2; a pair of compasses with aquadrant, to keep them firm at any opening,fig. 3 ; compasses, having a moveable leg,with pencil, steel-pen, and knife, to fit in, asoccasion may require; knives of differentdimensions with fixed blades—for as clasp knives are apt to slip and shut, and thence dangerous, knives of theshape represented in fig. 4, are decidedly preferable; p
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