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MECHANICAL DRAWING SELF-TAUGHT:

COMPRISING

INSTRUCTIONS IN THE SELECTION AND
PREPARATION OF DRAWING
INSTRUMENTS,

_ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION IN PRACTICAL
MECHANICAL DRAWING_;

TOGETHER WITH

EXAMPLES IN SIMPLE GEOMETRY AND ELEMENTARY MECHANISM,
INCLUDING SCREW THREADS, GEAR WHEELS,
MECHANICAL MOTIONS, ENGINES AND BOILERS.

BY JOSHUA ROSE, M.E.,

AUTHOR OF "THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL MACHINIST,"
"THE PATTERN MAKER'S ASSISTANT,"
"THE SLIDE VALVE"

ILLUSTRATED BY THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ENGRAVINGS.

PHILADELPHIA:
HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO.,
INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS AND IMPORTERS,
810 WALNUT STREET.

LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE & RIVINGTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET.
1887.




Copyright by
JOSHUA ROSE.
1883.

PHILADELPHIA.

COLLINS, PRINTER




PREFACE.


The object of this book is to enable the beginner to learn to make
simple mechanical drawings