[Drawn for this work by L. W. Truesdell, Tinman, Owego, N. Y.]

Fig. 17.

Draw an indefinite lino AB; then span the dividers one-fourth the width you wish the heart, and describe two semicircumferences AC and CB; span the dividers from A to B, the width of the heart, and dcssribe the lines AD and BD, which completes the description.