Author: PAULL, JAMES H.
Title: Industrial Sheet Metal Drawing
Description: New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1949. Eighth Printing; Hardcover. Ex-Libris; B&W Illustrations; 9 3/4 x 7; v 153 pages; Oblong shaped hard cover has grey spine. This copy from 1944. Stamped inside front cover is a transfer marking from 'Cass Tech High School' of Detroit. Previous owner's name written neatly on front end paper, dated Sept 11, 1945. Front cover has some white residue on upper corner, as if thinned white paint or white out . Covers also have some rubbing, bumping, sunning, scuffing. Pages are tight. Illustrated with 200 b/w figures. Some of the pages have pencil notations on the figures. This is the book that was used to train skilled trades people, whether in public schools, or perhaps in official apprenticeship programs. Before there was CadCam and other computer based design programs, this is how it was done, and the methods still stand up. Appendix; Index.. Very Good- .

Keywords: Reference; Skilled Trade; Metal Work; Metal Smithing; Industrial Applications; Industrial Trades; Education; History of Technology; Physics; Cultural History Education Business/Economics Crafts/Needlework/Clothing/Costuming Reference Science: : Math, Phys