. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. of a corona, so as to show the shadows of the modillions, independent of any connectionwith other parts of the assemblage. FG, III, and AB ])aiallel to the direction of the lightdetermine, by means of verticals from d and i, the jjoints of shadows from the correspond-ent points c, 1, the points D, L, and I, whereof L is the point of shadow of M. 2470. In Jig. 846. we apjiroach a little hearer to the form of a modillion cornice. Theline EF determines
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. of a corona, so as to show the shadows of the modillions, independent of any connectionwith other parts of the assemblage. FG, III, and AB ])aiallel to the direction of the lightdetermine, by means of verticals from d and i, the jjoints of shadows from the correspond-ent points c, 1, the points D, L, and I, whereof L is the point of shadow of M. 2470. In Jig. 846. we apjiroach a little hearer to the form of a modillion cornice. Theline EF determines the shadow of ths corona, and A15 l)y means of the lines cd, Ik,and theverticals dD, kK, the boundary of the side HL of the modillions. A line also drawnhorizontally from B will give the under sides of their shadows. FG is a line representingthe shadow of the corona. 2471. /V^. 847. gives the finished modillion, and the lines Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd will deter-mine, by horizontal lines drawn from them, the shadows which we are seek- ^ | ~~~~ ing. The auxiliary lines, to which no •;letters are attached, cannot fail of beingunderstood ; but if diff
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