The practical draughtsman's book of industrial design, and machinist's and engineer's drawing companion: forming a complete course of mechanical, engineering, and architectural drawing
A drawing manual translated from the French of Jacques-Eugène and Charles Armengaud by William Johnson, issued in New York by Stringer & Townsend in 1854 to teach mechanical, engineering and architectural draughtsmanship to apprentices and工 machinists. Plates give lettered and figured line engravings of gearing, valves, linkages and water wheels in plan and section, with tinted shading, scale bars and construction arcs usable as technical ornament.
