This section is from the book "The Epicurean", by Charles Ranhofer. Also available from Amazon: The Epicurean, a Complete Treatise of Analytical and Practical Studies on the Culinary Art.

Fro. 190. - Inches.

Fig. 101. - Rounds.

Fig. 192 - Circles.
Figs. 190 to 196 indicate the difference between the centimeter and the inch; the dimensions of circles, triangles, lozenges, ovals, rounds or squares all measured by the sixteenth of an inch across the diameter, or on the length for ovals and lozenges. These figures will at once give an exact idea of the proportions as they are explained in the different recipes, either for garnishings or salpicons or else for the diameter of sockets, column tubes, etc.

Fig. 193 - Triangles.

Fig. 194. - Lozenges.

Fig. 195. - Ovals.

Fig. 196. -Squares.
 
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