Identifier: scientificguidet00glen (find matches)
Title: A scientific guide to practical cutting
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Glencross, William. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Tailoring
Publisher: New York, W. Glencross
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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33, to 20 fs length of elbow, then markthe distance on forepart from 8 to IO3,or 2.2, and h the distance on back from41 to 63, which is H, add 23 and itogether, make 31, deduct 1 for joiningof sideseam, and you have got 31 ; frommiddle of pitch or back arm seam to bot-tom of sye, then mark down 3; to 31, drawlines from 31 to 9, and also 20 to 9, whichis 3 the S3e measure ; then draw line from0 to 9 or 91, divide that in halves to 3,mark h of same from 3 to 31, and sweepfrom 0 to 9 by 31, and straighten the curvea little towards the forearm ; draw hairline of ibrearm from 9 at top to 9 at bot-tom, sweep from 33 at bottom to 9 by 0,mark frpm 9 at bottom to 62, the width of3our bottom, mark 1 inside to 81, and out-side 1 and form forearm, from 9 by 1 to 9,and backarra from 0 by 1 to 63 at bottom,for underside, mark 3 your sye from 9 atfront to 1 behind, and form vour under-side as model; the collar 6, and the lapel 7,are drafted by the scale corresponding withthe breast measure. TlciUdth
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Description of Plate VIII. j);\N Figures 1, 2, 3, is Uie diogram of a°;Jysingle breasted sack coat, it is drafted■!■ to the following measure : diametercrosswise, 43, lengthwise, 51, shouldermeasure 121, blade 17, sye measure HI.It is marked llA, but should be 111, depthof s_ye on back 8h, natural Maist 17, fulllength 19, skirt 30, breast 18, waist 10. How TO Draught Back, Figure 3.—Draw construction line from 0 to 30, layon elbow of square at 0, and draw backline from 0 b) h, then mark down from 0depth of sye 82, lay on diameter length-wise on back line, 51 on 83, and draw linedepth of shoulder from 31, then divide di-ameter, say 21 or centre, mark 3 inch be-low centre for bottom of pitch at 61, thenmark up from 61 to 4, 21 inches for topline of pitch or according to fashion, thenmark down from 0 natural waist 17, andfull length 19, square the uijper lines byback line, and waist lines by constructionline, lay on your sye measure at back lineat 83, 111, and deduct your diameter

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