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Master the steely logic of descriptive geometry with practical, step‑by‑step methods for tangent planes, curved surfaces, and model making.
This edition guides you through constructing and analyzing tangent planes to double curved surfaces, finding lines of intersection, and solving problems with cylinders, cones, and ellipsoids. It also includes hands‑on guidance on paper model making to visualize complex surfaces and a variety of construction techniques that connect theory to real drawings.
- Learn how tangent planes are determined by tangents to curves on a surface and how these planes relate to given lines and points.
- Discover methods for cutting and projecting curved surfaces, including cylinders and other single or double curved forms.
- Explore practical modeling approaches, joint constructions, and pattern layouts to visualize surface development.
- See how to construct right sections, curves of intersection, ellipses, and tangents to circles, ellipses, and other conic sections.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is an essential text on descriptive geometry and projection for all students of engineering, graphics, and drawing. Published in 1915, this book carries timeless principles governing the representation of three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface. It discusses concepts of projection, planes of projection, and the location of points, lines, and planes. The author lays out essential procedures for accurate drawing and solving graphical problems, and offers ample exercises and illustrations to reinforce concepts learned. This book is indispensable for students wishing to build a foundation of descriptive geometry and its applications. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781330103838_0
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