Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Self-Taught Mechanical Drawing and Elementary Machine Design
The demand for an elementary treatise on mechanical drawing, including the first principles of machine design, and presented in such a way as to meet, in particular, the needs of the student whose previous theoretical knowledge is limited, has caused the author to prepare the present vol ume. It has been the author's aim to adapt this treatise to the requirements of the practical me chanie and young draftsman, and to present the matter in as clear and concise a manner as possible, so as to make self-study easy. In order to meet the demands of this class of students, practically all the important elements of machine design have been dealt with, and, besides, algebraic formulas have been explained and the elements of trigo nometry have been treated in a manner suited to the needs of the practical man.
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