A Text Book of Geometrical Drawing, for the Use of Mechanics and Schools in which the definitions and rules of geometry are familiarily explained, the practical problems are arranged from the most simple to the more complex, and in their description technicalities are avoided as much as possible; with illustrations for drawing plans, sections and elevations of buildings and machinery: an introduction to isometrical drawing, and an essay on linear perspective and shadows
Object type: Book
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Fielding Lucas, Baltimore|John D. Toy|William Minifie
Artist bio:  |Baltimore, Maryland|American, active Baltimore, mid 19th century
Artist role: Printer|Printer|Author
Artist nationality: American|American|American
Date: 1849
Medium: Illustrations: steel engraving, stereotype printing
Dimensions: 10 1/16 x 6 1/2 x 1 in. (25.5 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession year: 1917