W. ABBOTT - Practical Geometry and Engineering Graphics. A Textbook for Engineering Students

London England, Blackie & Son, 1946. 3rd Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo Hardback Hardback. Practical Geometry and Engineering Graphics. Previous owners name written neatly to inside cover. Slight foxing to edge. Navy Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Part I - Plane Geometry and Engineering Graphics: Introductory - Triangles and Polygons. Circles and Lines in Contact - Approximate Constructions. Conic Sections -Evolutes of Conics. Roulettes and Glissettes - Wheel Teeth. Spirals - Sine and Cosine Graphs - Simple Harmonic Motion. Loci of Points on Moving Mechanism - Cams. Graphical Differentiation and Integration - Applications. Graphical Statics and Influence Lines. Velocity and Acceleration Diagrams - Applications to Linkages. Harmonic Analysis. Part II - Solid or Descriptive Geometry: Orthographic Projection of Points, Linbes, and Simple Solids. Section of Solids. Isometric Projection. The Straight Line and Place. Further Projections and Sections of Solids. Intersections of Surfaces - Developments. Other Systems of Projection - Oblique Parallel - Axometric - Perspective - Horizontal. Solids in Contact - Tangent Planes. The Projection of Shadows. Index. Illustrations. 316 pp.