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Section Lining Or Cross-hatching
<p>When the interior of a piece is to be shown as a piece cut in half, or when a piece is broken away, as is done to make more of the parts show, or show more clearly, the surface so broken away or cut off is section-lined or cross-hatched; that is t...
Shading And Coloring Drawings
<p>The shading or coloring of drawings by tints is more employed in large drawings than in small ones, and in Europe than in the United States; while on the other hand tinting by means of line-shading is more employed in the United States than in Eur...
The Construction Of Polygons
<div> <img src="/images/drawing-0060-1.jpg" alt="" height="89" width="89"> Fig. 71 a. </div> <div> <img src="/images/drawing-0060-2.jpg" alt="" height="96" width="95"> Fig. 72. </div> <p>The term polygon is applied to figures having flat sides equid...
The Different Views Of A Mechanical Drawing
<p>The word <em>elevation</em>, as applied to mechanical drawing, means simply a view; hence a side elevation is a side view, or an end elevation is an end view.</p> <p>The word <em>plan</em> is employed in place of the word top; hence a plan view is...
The Drawing Board
<p>A Drawing Board should be of soft pine and free from knots, so that it will easily receive the pins or tacks used to fasten down the paper. Its surface should be flat and level, or a little rounding, so that the paper shall lie close to its surface...
The Drawing Board
<p>A Drawing Board should be of soft pine and free from knots, so that it will easily receive the pins or tacks used to fasten down the paper. Its surface should be flat and level, or a little rounding, so that the paper shall lie close to its surface...
The Drawing Paper
<p>Whatever kind of drawing paper be used it should be kept dry, or the ink, however good it may be, will be apt to run and make a thick line that will not have the sharp, clean edges necessary to make lines look well.</p> <p>Drawing paper is made i...
The Ellipse
<p>An ellipse is a figure bounded by a continuous curve, whose nature will be shown presently.</p> <p>The dimensions of an ellipse are taken at its extreme length and narrowest width, and they are designated in three ways, as by the length and breadt...
The Ink
<p>India ink should always be used for mechanical drawing: First, because it lies upon and does not sink into the paper, and is, therefore, easily erased; and, secondly, because it does not corrode or injure the drawing instruments.</p> <p>India ink...
The Preparation And Use Of The Instruments
<p>The points of drawing instruments require to be very accurately prepared and shaped, to enable them to make clean, clear lines. The object is to have the points as sharp as they can be made without cutting the paper, and the curves as even and reg...
The T Square
<p>Drawing squares or T squares, as they are termed, are made of wood, of hard rubber and of steel. </p> <p>There are several kinds of T squares; in one the blade is solid, as it is shown in Figure 5 on page 20; in another the back of the square is p...
The T Square
<p>Drawing squares or T squares, as they are termed, are made of wood, of hard rubber and of steel. </p> <p>There are several kinds of T squares; in one the blade is solid, as it is shown in Figure 5 on page 20; in another the back of the square is p...
The Triangles
<div> <img src="/images/drawing-0019-1.jpg" alt="" height="129" width="247"> Fig. 5. </div> <p>Two triangles are all that are absolutely necessary for a beginner. The first is that shown in Figure 3, which is called a triangle of 45 degrees, because...
The Triangles
<div> <img src="/images/drawing-0019-1.jpg" alt="" height="129" width="247"> Fig. 5. </div> <p>Two triangles are all that are absolutely necessary for a beginner. The first is that shown in Figure 3, which is called a triangle of 45 degrees, because...
To Draw A Heart Cam
<div> <img src="/images/drawing-0074-1.jpg" alt="" height="147" width="140"> Fig. 86. </div> <p>Draw the line A B, Figure 86, equal to the length of stroke required. Divide it into any number of equal parts, and from C as a centre draw circles throu...
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