A text book of geometrical drawing : abridged from the octavo edition : for the use of schools in which the definitions and rules of geometry are familiarly 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 an introduction to isometrical drawing : and an essay on linear perspective and shadows ...
A school textbook of geometrical and mechanical drawing by William Minifie, abridged from his octavo edition and published in Baltimore in 1849 for American pupils learning descriptive geometry, isometric projection, and linear perspective. The plates are engraved line diagrams: lettered points, solid and dashed construction lines, cones and circles, arched forms in perspective, with a few areas filled in flat gray or hatched tone against tinted paper.
