Cyclopedia of mechanical engineering; a general reference work. Editor-in-chief Howard Monroe Raymond. Assisted by a corps of mechanical engineers, technical experts, and designers of the highest professional standing (1908)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Raymond, Howard Monroe · Chicago American Technical Society · leaf 105
fractions; but our ilewfoot is smaller than theordinary distance whichwe call a foot, and ofcourse its subdivisions areproportionately smaller.When we make a measure-ment on the drawing wemake it with our reducedfoot rule and when we make a measurement on the machine itselfwe make it with the… … scale:-3 = i MECHAJSICAL DRAWING 3) tance of three inches (which is of course one-fourth of a foot)divided as explained above, and he uses this to measure with onhis drawing. His drawing MOTild then be made to a scale ofthree inches to the foot. In the same way, if he wishes to makehis drawing…
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