into ten minor spaces, as is also shown.  We halve five of the degree spaces, as shown at h.  We should be very careful about making the degree arcs shown at Fig. 1, as the accuracy of our drawings depends a great deal on the perfection of the division on the scale A.  In connection with such a fixed scale of degrees as is shown at Fig. 1, a pair of small dividers, constantly set to a degree space, is very convenient.

MAKING A PAIR OF DIVIDERS.

[Illustration:  Fig. 3]

To make such a pair of small dividers, take a piece of hard sheet brass about 1/20” thick, 1/4” wide, 11/2” long, and shape it as shown at Fig. 3.  It should be explained, the part cut from the sheet brass is shown below the dotted line k, the portion above (C) being a round handle turned from hard wood or ivory.  The slot l is sawn in, and two holes drilled in the end to insert the needle points i i.  In making the slot l we arrange to have the needle points come a little too close together to agree with the degree spaces on the arcs a a and b b.  We then put the small screw j through one of the legs D’’, and by turning j, set the needle points i i to exactly agree with the degree spaces.  As soon as the points i i are set correctly, j should be soft soldered fast.

The degree spaces on A are set off with these dividers and the spaces on A very carefully marked.  The upper and outer arc a a should have the spaces cut with a graver line, while the lower one, b b is best permanently marked with a carefully-made prick punch.  After the arc a a is divided, the brass plate A is cut back to this arc so the divisions we have just made are on the edge.  The object of having two arcs on the plate A is, if we desire to get at the number of degrees contained in any arc of a 5” radius we lay the scale A so the edge agrees with the arc a a, and read off the number of degrees from the scale.  In setting dividers we employ the dotted spaces on the arc b b.

DELINEATING AN ESCAPE WHEEL.

[Illustration:  Fig. 4]

We will now proceed to delineate an escape wheel for a detached lever.  We place a piece of good drawing-paper on our drawing-board and provide ourselves with a very hard (HHH) drawing-pencil and a bottle of liquid India ink.  After placing our paper on the board, we draw, with the aid of our T-square, a line through the center of the paper, as shown at m m, Fig. 4.  At 51/2” from the lower margin of the paper we establish the point p and sweep the circle n n with a radius of 5”.  We have said nothing about stretching our paper on the drawing-board; still, carefully-stretched paper is an important part of nice and correct drawing.