Descriptive Geometry for Students in Engineering Science and Architecture (Classic Reprint): A Carefully Graded Course of Instruction: A Carefully Graded Course of Instruction (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Henry F. Armstrong

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330421108 ISBN 13: 9781330421109

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master the essentials of descriptive geometry and perspective projection with clear, step‑by‑step guidance. This carefully graded course introduces how engineers and architects render three‑dimensional objects on a drawing plane. It covers horizon and eye lines, vanishing points, and the rules that govern perspective, using practical figures and exercises to build confidence and accuracy.

Designed for students and professionals, the book explains the key concepts behind perspective drawings, including how parallel lines converge, how horizons govern vanishing points, and how to construct accurate projections from plans to elevations. It blends theory with hands‑on exercises, helping readers apply methods to real objects and scenes.

• Clear explanations of the ground line, horizon line, and the center of vision


• Practical methods for drawing perspective projections, including parallel and radial projection


• Step‑by‑step exercises that build intuition for planes, traces, and vanishing points


• Guidance on handling oblique planes and non‑perpendicular lines in projection

Ideal for readers studying engineering, architecture, and technical drawing, this edition supports a solid foundation in descriptive geometry and perspective skills.

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Product Description

Excerpt from Descriptive Geometry for Students in Engineering Science and Architecture: A Carefully Graded Course of Instruction

The writer offers the contents of this Text Book as the result of over twenty years' constant teaching of Descriptive Geometry, and because he has found that a logical presentation of the subject, concerning itself largely with the best sequence possible, and with the introduction, at an early stage, of practical applications and well-graded exercises by which the first rules and principles can be practised, is far more preferable and satisfactory in its results than the mode of procedure and division of the subject matter commonly adopted in other text books on the subject.

Difficult and complex phases of Descriptive Geometry and problems beyond what the average student has time to assimilate during a limited college course, and beyond What is worth while in such a course, are avoided, because of the tendency for students to become thereby discouraged and to acquire a distaste for what should otherwise prove to be an interesting subject of study.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330421108
• ISBN 13: 9781330421109
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138