A hand-book for mapping, engineering, and architectural drawing : in which maps of all descriptiosn are analyzed, and their several uses fully explained ; intended for the use of civil engineers, architects, and surveyors, also for naval and military academies, engineering schools and colleges, and draughtsmen ; illustrated with forty-three large plates and thirty-nine woodcuts, among which will be found examples of a parliamentary railway plan, section, and cross sections, prepared in compliance with the standing orders of the House of Commons ; with plain instructions for lithographing and zincographing maps and drawings, and an exposition of the relative cost and merits of engraving, lithographing, and zincographing (1846)
Wilme, Benjamin P, History of Engineering Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS · London : Published for the author by John Weale, 59 High Holborn · leaf 23
the idea ofan increased space. It should be observed indelineating water, by a series of concentriclines, that the draughtsman must begin to formthe loater-lines close to the shore ; and he mayextend the space between the lines in propor-tion to the extent of space he has to deal with ;that is to… … Besides the methods of representinfj water shown above, lakes and ponds are Water of lakes ^ ° ^ andpoEds. sometimes shown by horizontal lines thus, (N.) Water along coasts is sometimes shown thus, (0.) When the lake or pond is very small, as a, horizontal lines may be drawn entirely across it.…
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