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Self-Help Mechanical Drawing, an Educational Treatise

Self-Help Mechanical Drawing, an Educational Treatise

by N. Hawkins

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Author
Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928
Title
Self-Help Mechanical Drawing: An Educational Treatise
Original Publication
United States: Theo. Audel,1902.
Credits
deaurider, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
T: Technology
Subject
Mechanical drawing
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 67166
Release Date
January 15, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SELF-HELP MECHANICAL DRAWING AN EDUCATIONAL TREATISE
  2. 2.Preface.
  3. 3.Introduction.
  4. 4.The Plan of the Work.
  5. 5.General List of Contents.
  6. 6.Chalk Work. — PREPARATORY PRACTICE IN DRAWING. — PERPENDICULAR LINES. — HORIZONTAL LINES. — OBLIQUE LINES. — BROKEN LINES. — CURVED LINES.
  7. 7.Preliminary Terms and Definitions.
  8. 8.Free-Hand Drawing. — POSITION. — HOW TO CUT A PENCIL. — HOW TO DRAW STRAIGHT LINES. — TO DRAW THE FIRST OBLIQUE LINE. — TO DRAW THE UPRIGHT OR PERPENDICULAR LINE. — TO DRAW THE SECOND OBLIQUE LINE. — ON FIGURES FORMED OF STRAIGHT LINES. — ON CURVED LINES. — EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.
  9. 9.Geometrical Drawing. — GEOMETRICAL AXIOMS.
  10. 10.Problems in Geometrical Drawing.
  11. 11.Trigonometry. — DEFINITIONS.
  12. 12.Drawing Materials and Instruments. — THE DRAWING BOARD. — THE TEE-SQUARE. — ADJUSTABLE BLADED SQUARE. — TRIANGLES, OR SET-SQUARES. — PARALLEL RULE. — SECTION LINER. — IRREGULAR CURVE OR SCROLL. — ELLIPSES. — DRAWING PENCILS. — DIVIDERS AND COMPASSES. — PROPORTIONAL DIVIDERS. — COMPASSES. — SPRING BOWS. — BEAM COMPASSES AND TRAMMELS. — DRAWING SCALES. — DRAWING-PENS. — DRAWING PAPER.
  13. 13.Mechanical Drawing.
  14. 14.Penciling. — POINTS TO BE OBSERVED IN SKETCHING.
  15. 15.Projection.
  16. 16.“Inking In” Drawings.
  17. 17.Lettering Drawings.
  18. 18.Dimensioning Drawings.
  19. 19.Shading Drawings.
  20. 20.Section-Lining. — TINTS AND COLORS.
  21. 21.Reproducing Drawings. — BLUE PRINTING. — TEST-PIECES. — BLACK PROCESS COPYING.
  22. 22.Drawing Office Rules. [1] — SIZE OF DRAWINGS. — CHARACTER OF DRAWINGS. — DRAWING SYMBOLS. — STANDARDS. — NUMBERING OF DRAWINGS. — CHECKING. — PATTERNS. — SKETCH BOOKS. — IN GENERAL. — NUMBERING WORKING DRAWINGS.
  23. 23.Gearing.
  24. 24.Designing Gears.
  25. 25.Working Drawings. — BUMPING POST FOR RAILWAY TRACKS.
  26. 26.To Read Working Drawings.
  27. 27.Patent Office Drawing Rules. — U. S. PATENT OFFICE RULES. — AS APPLIED TO PREPARATION OF DRAWINGS. — ENGLISH PRACTICE.
  28. 28.Useful Hints and “Points.”
  29. 29.Linear Perspective.
  30. 30.Scale or Approximate Perspective.
  31. 31.Useful Tables for Draughtsmen. — TABLE OF DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS. 8ths, 16ths, 32ds and 64ths of an Inch. — TABLE OF DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS Of Millimeters and Fractions of Millimeters. — RULES RELATIVE TO THE CIRCLE. — ROMAN TABLE. — SOLID MEASURE, OR CUBIC MEASURE. — CIRCULAR MEASURE. — LONG MEASURE—MEASURES OF LENGTH. — Tables of Diameters, Circumferences and Areas of Circles. — UNITED STATES STANDARD SIZES OF WROUGHT IRON WELDED PIPE. — STANDARDS FOR WIRE GAUGES IN USE IN THE UNITED STATES. Dimensions of Sizes in Decimal Parts of an Inch. — UNITED STATES STANDARD SIZES OF BOLTS. — UNITED STATES STANDARD SCREW THREAD GAUGE.
  32. 32.Some Things Personal.
  33. 33.Hawkins’ Self Help Mechanical Drawing. Index. — Transcriber’s Notes

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