Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed · New York, Appleton · leaf 719
and 1496. To bring the drawing within thelimits of the page, the scale has been necessarily reduced, but it is given inthe figure as it should always be, either drawn or written, on all drawingsto a scale, not intended for mere pictures or illustrations. The section isdrawn at the height of 8 feet… … Fig.1781. graphic than the plan (Fig. 1496), especially when more detail is to be shown,but there is nothing in the present drawing that can not be nearly as wellshown by the plan; and to a mechanic, for the purposes of construction, theplan is the simpler. By comparing the elevation (Fig. 1782)…
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