The Draughtsman's Handbook of Plan and Map Drawing / Including instructions for the preparation of engineering, architectural, and mechanical drawings.

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PART I.—THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS.
Section I.—The Drawing Office and its Furnishings.
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	The Drawing Office	1
	Instruments	2
	Materials	5
	Precautions and Remarks	9
Section II.—Geometrical Problems.		15
Section III.—Lines, Dots, and their Combinations.
	Straight and Curved Lines	27
	Lines of uneven thickness	30
	The Broken Line	30
	The Dotted Line	31
	Combinations of Straight, Broken, and Dotted Lines	31
	The Wavy Line	33
	Grass-land	34
	Swamps and Marshy Ground	35
	Sand and Gravel	35
	Woodland	36
	Uncultivated Land	37
	Contour Lines	37
Section IV.—Colours.
	Flat-tints	40
	Conventional Colours	44
	Water	45
	Grass-land	45
	Marsh	45
	Sand and Gravel	46
	Mud	46
	Woodland	46
	Cultivated Land	47
	Uncultivated Land	47
	Buildings	47
	Roads and Streets	47
	Fences	47
Section V.—Shading.
	Application of Shade Lines	48
	Cylindrical Surfaces	50
	Shading Lines	50
	Shading Lines on Cylindrical Surfaces	51
	Shading Lines in Topographical Drawings	52
	The Vertical System of Shading	57
	Shading in Colours	63
	Hill Slopes	63
	Cylindrical Surfaces in Mechanical Drawings	64
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