THE MECHANICAL

DRAWING & DRAFTING

COLLECTION

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A truly unique and wonderful collection of 250 rare, out-of-print books, guides and manuals compiled together for the first time on DVD DATA DISC covering all aspects of MECHANICAL DRAWING & DRAFTING.

 

Discover the principles and practice of mechanical, architectural and engineering drawing. Study the basic elements of drawing, perspective, projection and geometry all crucial to industrial, mechanical and machine drawing. Study the art of reading workshop drawings, plans and blueprints, and how to create your own designs. Learn about drafting room methods, interpreting working drawings and the essentials of technical drawing.

 

Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, a treasure trove of information for students, artists, draftsmen, engineers, architects, researchers and anyone else with an interest in mechanical drafting, engineering drawing and design. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

 

This superb compilation of 250 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

 

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

 


The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:


A course in elementary mechanical drawing - W. A. Pike (1891)

A course in mechanical drawing - J. Reid (1898)

A course in mechanical drawing - L. Rouillion (1921)

A course in the principles of mechanical drawing - J. Whitmore (1912)

A course of study in industrial drawing - P. Garin (1885)

A descriptive treatise on mathematical drawing instruments - W. Stanley (1878)

A hand-book for mapping, engineering, and architectural drawing - B. Wilme (1846)

A handbook of illustration - A. Hinton (1895)

A manual of drafting instruments & operations - S. E. Warren (1892)

A manual of drawing - C. E. Coolidge (1902)

A manual of elementary geometrical drawing, involving three dimensions - S.  Warren (1867)

A manual of engineering drawing for students and draftsmen - T. French (1918)

A manual of machine drawing and design - D. A. Low (1894)

A manual of mechanical drawing - J. H. Dales (1914)

A manual of mechanical drawing - P. Johnston (1907)

A practical course in mechanical drawing - W. Fox (1899)

A practical course in mechanical drawing for individual study and shop classes, trade and high schools by W. Willard (1912)

A progressive course of inventive drawing on the principles of Pestalozzi  for the use of teachers and self-instruction by W. Whitaker (1853)

A text book of geometrical drawing, abridged from the octavo edition - W. Minifie (1849)

A text book of mechanical drawing - G. C. Anthony (1893)

A Text-book of Engineering Drawing and Design - S. H. Wells (1905)

A text-book of geometrical drawing, for the use of mechanics and schools - W. Minifie (1903)

A text-book of mechanical drawing and elementary machine design - J. S. Reid (1900)

A textbook on mechanical and electrical engineering - International Correspondence Schools (1902)

A textbook on mechanical drawing - International Correspondence Schools (1904)

A treatise on isometrical drawing as applicable to geological and mining plans .... and working plans of buildings and machinery - T. Sopwith (1838)

Advanced mechanical drawing - a text for engineering students - A. P. Jamison (1905)

Advanced shop drawing - V. C. George (1920)

All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy by C. Bowles (1794)

An elementary text-book on mechanical drawing - J. Jagger (1910)

An elementary treatise on orthographic projection - being a new method of teaching the science, of mechanical and engineering drawing - W. Binns (1878)

An introduction to machine sketching and drawing for industrial and technical schools (1917)

An introduction to mechanical drawing by F. Honey (1881)

An introduction to the graphic language; the vocabulary, grammatical construction, idiomatic use, and historical development, with special reference to the reading of drawings - G. Anthony (1922)

An outline course in mechanical drawing for evening classes by W. Locke (1896)

Appletons' cyclopædia of technical drawing - W. E. Worthen (1896)

Applied drawing - H. H. Brown (1916)

Applied mechanical drawing for first and second year classes in high schools by F. Matthewson (1911)

Architectural drawing by C. Edminster (1899)

Architectural drawing by O. Teal (1920)

Architectural rendering in wash by H. Magonigle (1921)

Architecture and how to sketch it - illustrated by sketches of typical examples by H. Roberts (1910)

Architecture of machinery - an essay on propriety of form and proportion, with a view to assist and improve design - S. Clegg (1842)

Backbone of perspective - T. U. Taylor (1910)

Ben Day shading mediums, for art work on stone, metal & card board by B. Day (1920)

Blue print reading; interpreting working drawings - E. M. Wyatt (1920)

Blueprint reading; a practical manual of instruction in blueprint reading ... with reference to mechanical drawing conventions and methods, the laws of projection, etc. - H. Fairfield (1919)

Builders' architectural drawing self-taught - F. T. Hodgson (1917)

Building plans and how to draw them by I. Hicks (1909)

Complete course millwork drafting - C. S. McGaughey (1919)

Constructive drawing - H. Hanstein (1908)

Correlated courses in woodwork and mechanical drawing - I. S.  Griffith (1912)

Course of study in industrial drawing by P. Garin (1884)

Cyclopedia of drawing Vol. 1 - (1905)

Cyclopedia of drawing Vol. 2 - (1905)

Drafting room methods, standards and forms, a reference book for engineering offices and draftsmen - C. D. Collins (1918)

Drawing and design - a class text-book for beginners by E. Taylor (1893)

Drawing for art students and illustrators by A. Seaby (1921)

Drawing for builders; a problem course in architectural drawing by R. Dale (1916)

Drawing guide; manual of instruction in industrial drawing - M. Willson (1873)

Drawing made easy - a helpful book for young artists; the way to begin and finish your sketches by E. Lutz (1921)

Effective methods in mechanical drawing - F. H. Evans (1913)

Elementary linear perspective of form and shadow ... Complete in itself ... For draftsmen, artists, and industrial drawing courses - S. E. Warren (1891)

Elementary machine drawing and design - W. C. Marshall (1912)

Elementary mechanical drawing, for school and shop by F. Aborn (1886)

Elementary mechanical drawing; theory and practice - C. W. Weick (1915)

Elementary projection drawing. Theory and practice by E. Warren (1880)

Elements of drawing and mensuration applied to the mechanic arts - C. Davies (1846)

Elements of drawing and perspective, with directions for sketching from nature by J. Clark (1837)

Elements of drawing by G. Blessing (1913)

Elements of machine construction and drawing - S. E. Warren (1872)

Elements of mechanical drawing - G. C. Anthony (1894)

Elements of mechanical drawing by A. Jamison (1905)

Elements of mechanical drawing by A. Titsworth (1906)

Elements of mechanical drawing by C. Sullivan (1893)

Elements of perspective - C. G. Sullivan (1898)

Elements of plane and solid free-hand geometrical drawing, with lettering by S. Warren (1878)

Engineer draughtsmen's work - Hints for beginners (1918)

Engineering descriptive geometry; a treatise on descriptive geometry as the basis of mechanical drawing - F. W. Bartlett (1910)

Engineering draughtsman - E. Rowarth (1919)

Engineering drawing, practice and theory by I. Carter (1923)

Essentials of drafting by C. Svensen (1919)

Essentials of mechanical drafting by L. Frank (1917)

Essentials of mechanical drawing - L. J. Smith (1917)

First principles of mechanical and engineering drawing by H. Holt-Butterfill (1897)

Free hand drawing and designing by M. Kushlan (1919)

Free-hand drawing - a manual for teachers and students by A. Cross (1898)

Free-hand drawing, light and shade and free-hand perspective - for the use of art students and teachers by A. Cross (1904)

Freehand perspective and sketching by D. Norton (1909)

Geometrical drawing and design by J. Spanton (1913)

Geometrical drawing; a collection of plates for practical use in elementary mechanical drawing by F. Schraidt (1915)

Gilbert's practical drawing book by Gilbert (1887)

Grammar grade problems in mechanical drawing - C. A. Bennett (1916)

Graphics; or, The art of calculation by drawing lines, applied especially to mechanical engineering, with an atlas of diagrams - R. H. Smith (1889)

Hand-book of industrial drawing for teachers in common schools by I. Tew (1894)

How to make patent drawings, a brief treatise on patent drafting for the use of students, draftsmen and inventors by L. Fulmer (1919)

How to read a drawing by V. Getty (1912)

How to read a workshop drawing by W. Longland (1913)

How to understand the reading of blue print drawings, the fundamental principles simply explained - E. R. Vigneau (1919)

Industrial drawing and geometry; an introduction to various branches of technical drawing by H. Spooner (1911)

Industrial drawing in public schools by W. Smith (1875)

Industrial drawing; comprising the description and uses of drawing instruments, the construction of plane figures, tinting, mechanical and topographical drawing by D. Mahan (1888)

Industrial or mechanical drawing - Papers on drawing (1870)

Intermediate course in mechanical drawing by W. Thorne (1889)

Introductory course in mechanical drawing - J. C. Tracy (1898)

Isometric drawing; a treatise on mechanical illustrating dealing with typical constructions and outlining - A. P. Jamison (1911)

Junior course in mechanical drawing by W. Thorne (1888)

Lectures on the principles and practice of perspective - J. G. Wood (1809)

Light and shade - with chapters on charcoal, pencil, and brush drawing by A. Cross (1897)

Line; an art study by E. Sullivan (1922)

Linear drawing - showing the application of practical geometry to trade and manufactures by E. Davidson (1899)

Linear drawing and lettering for beginners - J. C. Fish (1901)

Lockwood's dictionary of terms used in the practice of mechanical engineering - J. G. Horner (1892)

Machine Construction And Drawing - F. Castle (1922)

Machine drawing - R. W. Hills (1917)

Machine drawing and design for beginners - H. J. Spooner (1908)

Machine drawing, for use of students in industrial and continuation schools by L. Wirick (1914)

Machine drawing, the general principles of machine drawing, sketching, figuring, etc. - G. C. Anthony (1897)

Machine shop drawings, reading drawings, making shop sketches, laying out work - F. H. Colvin (1909)

Manual instruction, drawing - S. Barter (1896)

Mathematical drawing by G.M. Minchin & J.B. Dale (1909)

McLain's system of reading working drawings or blue prints - D. McLain (1921)

Mechanical drafting by C. Howe (1916)

Mechanical drafting by H. Miller (1917)

Mechanical drawing. Progressive exercises and practical hints - C. W. MacCord (1892)

Mechanical drawing. Projection drawing. Isometric and oblique drawing by W. Palmer (1894)

Mechanical drawing - a manual for teachers and students by A. Cross (1902)

Mechanical drawing - C. F. Jackson (1896)

Mechanical drawing - O. Gueth (1913)

Mechanical drawing - P. A. Scranton (1902)

Mechanical drawing and practical drafting by C. Sampson (1915)

Mechanical drawing by F. Bartlett (1901)

Mechanical drawing by J. Reid (1919)

Mechanical drawing by L. Faunce (1898)

Mechanical drawing copy plates - J. E. Rasmusen (1918)

Mechanical drawing for colleges and universities by J. Phillips (1915)

Mechanical drawing for high schools Vol. 1 - B. E. Spink (1910)

Mechanical drawing for high schools Vol. 2 - B. E. Spink (1910)

Mechanical drawing for high schools; a text with problem layouts - T. E. French (1919)

Mechanical drawing for industrial and continuation schools - P. W. Hutton (1915)

Mechanical drawing for plumbers; a concise, comprehensive and practical treatise on the subject of mechanical drawing - R. M. Starbuck (1910)

Mechanical drawing for secondary schools by F. Crawshaw (1916)

Mechanical drawing for trade schools by C. Leeds (1911)

Mechanical drawing lettering, materials and methods - F. R. Kepler (1916)

Mechanical drawing problems by C. Weick (1917)

Mechanical drawing problems for high schools, normal schools and vocational schools - E. Berg (1918)

Mechanical drawing self-taught by J. Rose (1883)

Mechanical drawing; a treatise on technical drawing as expressed through the medium of the graphic language - O. M. Graves (1912)

Mechanical drawing; a treatise on the drawing of mechanical and machine details by F. Jones (1920)

Mechanical drawing; outline of course engineering - F. L. Kennedy (1907)

Mechanical drawing; standards and conventions by F. Kepler (1916)

Mechanical drawing; technique and working methods, for technical students by C. Adams (1913)

Mechanical drawing; working drawings by A. Babbitt (1911)

Mechanical graphics. An educational course on the theory and practice of mechanical drawing - F. N. Willson (1890)

Mechanical Graphics - A Second Course in Mechanical Drawing - G. Halliday (1889)

Model drawing by A. Cross (1890)

Modern drafting - J. F. Miller (1911)

Modern technical drawing - G. Ellis (1913)

Nature's laws and the making of pictures by W. Wyllie (1903)

Notes for mechanical drawing by F. Mathewson (1904)

Notes on drawing as applied to the course in vehicle drafting and construction of the Carriage monthly - E. E. Krauss (1914)

Notes on elementary mechanical drawing - H. J. Goulding (1905)

Notes on mechanical drawing - C. L. Adams (1904)

Notes on mechanical drawing - J. D. Phillips (1912)

Notes on mechanical drawing - R. S. Wallis (1922)

Notes on mechanical drawing by H. Fry (1916)

Notes on mechanical drawing introductory to machine design -S. H. Chamberlain (1901)

Notes on mechanical drawing, graphic statics, machine design, and kinematics - L. C. Starkey (1909)

Notes on practical mechanical drawing, written for the use of students in engineering courses by V. Wilson (1910)

Notes on technical sketching and free hand lettering for engineering students - A. L. Smith (1912)

Objects with curved lines Vol. 1 by V Foster (1883)

Objects with curved lines Vol. 2 by V Foster (1883)

Orthographic and isometrical projection - development of surfaces and penetration of solids - E. A. Davidson (1868)

Over the drawing board; a draftsmen's hand book by B. Lubschez (1918)

Pen drawing, an illustrated treatise by C. Maginnis (1903)

Pencil studies by C. Rowbotham (1800)

Pencil-sketching by G. Koch (1913)

Perspective for art students by R. Hatton (1910)

Perspective sketching from working drawings - F. E. Mathewson (1908)

Practical draughtsmen's work, with numerous engravings and diagrams by P. Hasluck (1903)

Practical drawing by H. Temple (1917)

Practical engineering drawing and third angle projection, for students in scientific, technical and manual training schools and for ... draughtsmen - F. N. Wilson (1897)

Practical geometry and engineering drawing - G. S. Clarke (1875)

Practical geometry for builders and architects by J. Paynter (1921)

Practical Geometry, Linear Perspective, and Projection - T. Bradley (1834)

Practical hints for draughtsmen by C. MacCord (1888)

Practical mathematics, with drawing and mensuration, applied to the mechanic arts - C. Davies (1875)

Practical mechanical drawing and machine design self taught - C. Westinghouse (1907)

Practical perspective - H. Clarke (1776)

Practical problems in mechanical drawing and blueprint reading - W. W.  Sturtevant (1921)

Principles of engineering drawing for technical students - C. C. Leeds (1919)

Problems in descriptive geometry for class and drawing room - W. T. Fishleigh (1910)

Problems in mechanical drawing - C. A. Bennett (1908)

Progressive steps in architectural drawing by G. Seaman (1919)

Projects for beginning woodwork and mechanical drawing - I. S. Griffith (1912)

Public school drawing course by J. McFaul (1892)

Radford's architectural drawing - W. A. Radford (1912)

Reed's drawing lessons by P. Reed (1869)

Rendering in pen and ink by D. Gregg (1906)

Rogers' drawing and design; an educational treatise relating to linear drawing; machine design; working drawings, etc. - N. Hawkins (1913)

School drawing, a real correlation by F. Daniels (1909)

Self-help mechanical drawing; an educational treatise by N. Hawkins (1914)

Self-taught mechanical drawing and elementary machine design - F. L. Sylvester (1910)

Senior course in mechanical drawing, comprising a complete system of working drawings by W. Thorne (1890)

Shop sketching - J. W. Wooley (1913)

Shop sketching, a course of problems for mechanical drawing students by R. Windoes (1919)

Some hints on learning to draw by G. Hutchinson (1893)

Standards and conventions for mechanical drawing - F. R. Kepler (1921)

Structural drafting by F. Dufour (1921)

Structural drawing by C. Edminster (1907)

Surveying and Drawing Instruments -  C.F. Casella & Co. (1911)

Teacher's manual. for Prang's complete course in form-study and drawing. Books I. and II by J. Clark (1890)

Teachers' manual for freehand drawing by W. Smith (1878)

Text book of mechanical drawing by J. Rooke (1895)

textsPoints about drawing instruments - T. Alteneder (1889)

The American drawing-book - a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist by J. Chapman (1847)

The art of drawing in lead pencil by J. Salwey (1921)

The British drawing-book  or, the art of drawing with accuracy and beauty by N. Whittock (1845)

The draftsman - R. W. Shelmire (1919)

The draughtsman's handbook of plan and map drawing, including instructions for the preparation of engineering, architectural, and mechanical drawings - G. G. Andre (1874)

The drawing guide - a manual of instruction in industrial drawing - M. Willson (1873)

The eclectic system of industrial freehand and perspective drawing by C. Sullivan (1884)

The elements of drawing. With 8 illustrations drawn by the author by J. Ruskin (1920)

The elements of drawing & the elements of perspective by J. Ruskin (1912)

The elements of drawing by G. Hamilton (1827)

The elements of drawing in three letters to beginners by J. Ruskin (1895)

The engineering draughtsman - E. Rowarth (1919)

The excellency of the pen and pencil by Unknown Author (1688)

The Fundamentals of Mechanical Drawing - R. S. Kirby (1918)

The illustrated architectural, engineering, & mechanical drawing-book  for the use of schools, students, and artisans ; upwards of 300 illustrations by R. Burn (1856)

The measurement of achievement in drawing by E. Thorndike (1913)

The practical draughtsman's book of industrial design, and machinist's and engineer's drawing companion by C. Armengaud (1866)

The practice and science of drawing by H. Speed (1913)

The practice of mechanical drawing for self-instruction - W. Welch (1895)

The principles of drawing by G. De Lairesse (1764)

The progressive drawing-book by Unknown Author (1853)

The science and art of model and object drawing by L. Baker (1883)

The students' illustrated guide to practical draughting - T. P. Pemberton (1880)

The teaching of drawing - its aims and methods by S. Polak (1910)

The technic of mechanical drafting a practical guide to neat, correct, and legible drawing by C. Reinhardt (1904)

The theory of engineering drawing by A. Adler (1912)

The workman's manual of engineering drawing - J. Maxton (1873)

Theoretical and practical graphics; an educational course on the theory and practical applications of descriptive geometry and mechanical drawing - F. N. Wilson (1898)

Universal dictionary of mechanical drawing - G. H. Follows (1906)

Woodwork and mechanical drawing - W. P. Fox (1914)

Working drawings and drafting-room kinks - L. G. French (1911)

Working drawings and how to make and use them by L. Haupt (1881)


 

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