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Inclined Lettering For Mechanical and Machine Drawing, 1932, 1932

 Item — Special Collection: MC-19, Book: 052, Call No.: T 371 .B8 1932
Identifier: 20061115

Scope and Contents

Document Type: Training Material (Study)

Purpose: Training and Education.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope (from Introduction): "Regular, definite, and frequent assignments of lettering practice should be the aim of every drawing teacher. The assignments should be short, but should be carried through the entire first year of drawing. With this aim in view, the authors have worked out the series of exercises given here, covering an entire year of lettering to be carried in connection with the regular drawing course"

Contents (from Table of Contents): A pamplet of thirty six lettering exercises of, numbers, letters, drawings, and sentences of the industry standard style for mechnical drafting: "slant, single-strokem Gothic captial letters with a slightly modified type of Reinhardt lower-case letters".

Dates

  • Copyright: 1932
  • Publication: 1932

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Full Extent

1 Volume (1 book)

Language of Materials

English

Format & Physical Description

Softcover bound book, 5.25” height x 8.5” depth x 0.125" thickness (40 pages). Printed on coated pulp paper. Includes black & white drawings.

Note: Overall very good condition, unused. Stamp on front cover indicated it belonged to Cass Technical High School.

Publication Data

Published 1932 by The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Copyright 1932 by The Bruce Publishing Company. Printed in the U.S.A.

Preservation

Preservation Level 5. Book is in good condition.

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections Repository

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