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1. Practical geometry, or, A new and easy method of treating that art : whereby the practice of it is rendered plain and familiar : and the student directed in the most easy manner through its several parts and progressions : a work highly necessary for painters ... : the whole illlustrated with upwards of 50 cuts : to which are added, the first principles of trigonometry, land-surveying, mechanics and astronomy / selected from the most approved authors, by T. Young, Surveyor, Bath.

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Creator:
Young, T., surveyor
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
144 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A treatise on isometrical drawing as applicable to geological and mining plans : picturesque delineations of ornamental grounds, perspective views and working plans of buildings and machinery, and to general purposes of civil engineering : with thirty-four copperplate engravings / by T. Sopwith.

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Creator:
Sopwith, Thomas, 1803–1879
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
xxvi, 239, 8 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The natural principles and analogy of the harmony of form / by D. R. Hay ; decorative painter to the Queen, Edinburgh; Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institue of the Architects of Ireland, and author of "The Laws of harmonious colouring," etc.

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Creator:
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
50 p., XVIII leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A hand-book for mapping, engineering, and architectural drawing : in which maps of all descriptions are analyzed, and their several uses fully explained ... / illustrated with forty-three large plates and thirty-nine woodcuts ... by B.P. Wilme.

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Creator:
Wilme, Benjamin P
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
viii, 69, [8], [1], [2], [2] p., [43] plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Mechanical perspective, or, description and uses of an instrument for sketching from nature, accurately and conveniently, every kind of object : and of a machine for drawing in perspective architectural and other subjects, from measurement, or from ground plans and elevations : in two parts / by Francis Ronalds.

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Creator:
Ronalds, Francis, Sir, 1788–1873
Date:
MDCCCXXVIII [1828, i.e. 1829?]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 36, [2] pages, [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Proportion, or, The geometric principle of beauty, analysed / by D. R. Hay, decorative painter to the Queen, Edinburgh; author of "The laws of harmonious colouring adapted to interior decorations," "The natural principles and analogy of the harmony of form," etc.

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Creator:
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
[2], x, 78 p., [xvii] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The engineer and machinist's drawing-book; a complete course of instruction for the practical engineer ... Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood and steel ... Forming a progressive series of lessons in drawing, and examples of approved construction. On the basis of the works of M. Le Blanc and MM. Armengaud.

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Date:
[18--]
Physical Description:
2 p.., [iii]-viii, 116 p. ill., LXXI (i.e. 69) plates (2 col., 2 double) diagrs. 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The practical draughtsman's book of industrial design: forming a complete course of mechanical, engineering, and architectural drawing. Translated from the French of m. Armengaud, ainé ... and mm. Armengaud, jeune, and Amouroux ... Rewritten and arranged, with additional matter and plates, selections from and examples of the most useful and generally employed mechanism of the day. By William Johnson ...

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Creator:
Armengaud, aîné (Jacques-Eugène), 1810–1891
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
ix, [1], [7]-196 p. ill., plates (part double, part fold., part col.) tables. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts