A conventional break symbol for a round section to use as a shortcut in shortening the length of the bar.

Conventional Breaks Symbols of Round Section Cylinder

A conventional break symbol for a round section to use as a shortcut in shortening the length of the…

A shortcut drawing pipe or tubing conventional break to draw a pipes and tubes by shortening the length of the bar without the diameter cut.

Conventional Breaks Symbols of Pipe or Tubing without Cutting Diameter

A shortcut drawing pipe or tubing conventional break to draw a pipes and tubes by shortening the length…

The conventional break symbol for drawing a pipe or tubing by cutting the diameter in half.

Conventional Breaks Symbols of Pipe or Tubing by Cutting Diameter

The conventional break symbol for drawing a pipe or tubing by cutting the diameter in half.

A side view of Osborn, or standard, symbol for riveting.

Side View of Standard Symbols for Shop Riveting

A side view of Osborn, or standard, symbol for riveting.

The standard standard symbol for field riveting, or Osborn symbol for field riveting.

Side View of Standard Symbols for Field Riveting

The standard standard symbol for field riveting, or Osborn symbol for field riveting.

A large scale riveting illustration showing the length of the rivets for Osborn symbol for riveting.

Large View of Riveting for Drawing

A large scale riveting illustration showing the length of the rivets for Osborn symbol for riveting.

"An object in parallel perspective with one face in the picture plane is shown. At B is shown the top view of A with the cone of rays. C shows the picture plane detached and set forward in order that it may not interfere with the plan when revolved. D is the top view of C after the picture plane has been revolved." —French, 1911

Parallel Perspective

"An object in parallel perspective with one face in the picture plane is shown. At B is shown the top…

This is a metallic bread knife.

Back View of a Kitchen Bread Knife

This is a metallic bread knife.

Bread knifes can be made out of several different materials, This knife is apparently made from metal alloys.

Front View of a Kitchen Bread Knife

Bread knifes can be made out of several different materials, This knife is apparently made from metal…

A front view of a typical 1911 two story residence illustrating conventional symbols for drafting.

Resident Front Elevation

A front view of a typical 1911 two story residence illustrating conventional symbols for drafting.

A perspective view of the shoreline illustrated by using contour lines.

Perspective View of Shoreline

A perspective view of the shoreline illustrated by using contour lines.

A trommel is a screened cylinder used to separate materials by size, separating the biodegradable fraction of mixed municipal waste or separating different sizes of crushed stone.

Mining Machine

A trommel is a screened cylinder used to separate materials by size, separating the biodegradable fraction…

A profile is cross sectional view, or side view, showing elevation at a given distance. The illustration shows both profiles with and without vertical exaggeration. A profile with vertical exaggeration is useful to distinguish the elevation of the land.

Topographic Profiles

A profile is cross sectional view, or side view, showing elevation at a given distance. The illustration…

An example of the cylinder shaded by lines. The area without lines are where the light hit the cylinder. The line become darker when it is away from the light source.

Cylinder Line Shading

An example of the cylinder shaded by lines. The area without lines are where the light hit the cylinder.…

"A row of cylinders of different sizes. The effect of polish is given by leaving several brilliant lines, as might occur if light came in through several windows." —French, 1911

Series of Cylinder Line Shading

"A row of cylinders of different sizes. The effect of polish is given by leaving several brilliant lines,…

Tightrope walking is the art of walking along a thin wire or rope, usually at a great height. One or more artists performs in front of an audience or as a publicity stunt. Tightrope walkers sometimes use balancing poles and may perform the feat without a safety net for effect.

Wirewalking Toy

Tightrope walking is the art of walking along a thin wire or rope, usually at a great height. One or…

Baby transport, child carrier, stroller, or pram consists of devices used for transporting and carrying infants. A child carrier is a device used to carry an infant or small child on the body of an adult. Such on-the-body carriers are designed in various forms such as baby slings, backpack carriers, and soft front or hip carriers, with varying materials and degrees of rigidity, decoration, support and confinement of the child.

Folding Baby Carriage

Baby transport, child carrier, stroller, or pram consists of devices used for transporting and carrying…

An illustration of stabilizing the plane by setting the back wing at less angle of incidence than the front main wings creating a dihedral angle.

Stabilizing Aeroplane using Dihedral Angle

An illustration of stabilizing the plane by setting the back wing at less angle of incidence than the…

A top view plan of a propeller aeroplane, or airplane. The plan shows the proper ribs and skeleton for the wings and back side of the plane.

Propeller Aeroplane Top Plan

A top view plan of a propeller aeroplane, or airplane. The plan shows the proper ribs and skeleton for…

A pusher aeroplane plan illustrating the proper ribbing and wiring for the plane. The wires are used to adjust the wings during flight. Pusher aeroplane propeller is located behind the cockpit.

Front View Pusher Aeroplane Plan

A pusher aeroplane plan illustrating the proper ribbing and wiring for the plane. The wires are used…

A side view plan of a propeller aeroplane for two people. The plan illustrates the the proper location of the wires to support the the wings on the plane.

Propeller Aeroplane Top Plan

A side view plan of a propeller aeroplane for two people. The plan illustrates the the proper location…

The interior view of the rectory in Market Deeping during the fourteenth century. The empty room contains a window with a curved tracery. A rectory is a house where a rector, a religious administrator, took residence.

Gothic Rectory in Market Deeping House

The interior view of the rectory in Market Deeping during the fourteenth century. The empty room contains…

An outside view of a fisherman's cottage in Somersetshire illustrating common architectural features during the fourteenth century. The two story cottage is about 32 feet long by 16 feet wide, where the ground floor is divided into three rooms.

Somersetshire Fisherman's Cottage

An outside view of a fisherman's cottage in Somersetshire illustrating common architectural features…

The middle window is the tracery found on the St. John's Hospital, Northampton. The two faces on the side is a larger view of the window from the Newarke Gateway at Leicester. These features were commonly found in Gothic architecture to decorate windows.

Northampton St. John's Hospital

The middle window is the tracery found on the St. John's Hospital, Northampton. The two faces on the…

An interior view of a merchant's parlour in Salisbury during the fourteenth century. The interior have a fireplace and a painting on top of the window.

Merchant's Parlour Salisbury House

An interior view of a merchant's parlour in Salisbury during the fourteenth century. The interior have…

The interior view of the Fisherman's Cottage in Somersetshire. The interior of the cottage have a window with traceries and a fireplace. The Roof is supported by a series of wooden arches attached to both sides of the wall.

Interior Somersetshire Fisherman's Cottage

The interior view of the Fisherman's Cottage in Somersetshire. The interior of the cottage have a window…

A close up view of a fourteenth century gabled house in Weobly, Herefordshire. The gabled house illustrates Gothic traceries in the windows and ornamentation moulds along the roof.

Fourteenth Century Gabled House

A close up view of a fourteenth century gabled house in Weobly, Herefordshire. The gabled house illustrates…

An outside view of the spherical triangle from a church. The window has three rounded parts in a shape of a triangle.

Gothic Architecture Spherical Triangle Outside Window

An outside view of the spherical triangle from a church. The window has three rounded parts in a shape…

A mechanical boring rod machine to create a cylinder with a hollow center.

Mechanical Boring Rod

A mechanical boring rod machine to create a cylinder with a hollow center.

An illustration of a boring rod by using a hand cranked lathe. This device creates a cylinder with a hollow center from rods.

Hand Crank Lathe Boring Rod

An illustration of a boring rod by using a hand cranked lathe. This device creates a cylinder with a…

A boring tool to create a large diameter hollow center of the cylinder.

Large Boring Tools

A boring tool to create a large diameter hollow center of the cylinder.

The illustration showing a large boring tool for heavy work to create a cylinder with 10 inch diameter and 9.25 inch thick wall.

Large Boring Tool for Heavy Work

The illustration showing a large boring tool for heavy work to create a cylinder with 10 inch diameter…

A method to create steel balls by inserting the sphere in a hollow cylinder and rotating the ball with two cylinders covered with leather on the top.

Device Turning Steel Sphere Balls

A method to create steel balls by inserting the sphere in a hollow cylinder and rotating the ball with…

"This attachment, which may be readily affixed to any lathe, consists of a lever that is attached to a crank shaft, which latter has its bearings on the slide rest. From the crank there is a connecting rod which goes to the slide rest. By means of the lever the rest can be moved to and fro on condition that it is free from the cross feed." —Grimshaw

Cam Turning Attachment for Lathe

"This attachment, which may be readily affixed to any lathe, consists of a lever that is attached to…

A tool used to make holes in metal cylindrical bearing surface, or bushings. The holes are created by adjusting the latch at the end to move the bushing lengthwise while turning.

Bushing Radial Hole Boring Tool

A tool used to make holes in metal cylindrical bearing surface, or bushings. The holes are created by…

"Where the head is movable, the pivot should be quit large, and the hole in which it plays be bushed with metal; the washers must be large, and the clamp screws of hard metal, with deep threads and unreliable." —Grimshaw, 1902

Taper Head Adjustable T Square Side and Front View

"Where the head is movable, the pivot should be quit large, and the hole in which it plays be bushed…

A front and side view of a t square with rectangular head. The t square is used draw straight lines using the blade in mechanical drawing.

Fixed Rectangular Head T Square

A front and side view of a t square with rectangular head. The t square is used draw straight lines…

The Queen Elizabeth class of 1912 powered by steam. The battle ship have two chimney stacks to burn oil with secondary guns from the front to the center.

British Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship

The Queen Elizabeth class of 1912 powered by steam. The battle ship have two chimney stacks to burn…

An underground section of the infantry work at Mettz Feste Fort. The underground tunnels leads to the main barracks, command posts, and to the observation post. On the left, the barbed wire is placed on the surface in front of the ditch.

Underground Tunnel Metz Feste Fort

An underground section of the infantry work at Mettz Feste Fort. The underground tunnels leads to the…

A pipecutter is a type of tool used by plumbers to cut pipe. Besides producing a clean cut, the tool is often a faster and more convenient way of cutting pipe than using a hacksaw, although this depends on the metal the pipe is made out of.

Pipe Cutter

A pipecutter is a type of tool used by plumbers to cut pipe. Besides producing a clean cut, the tool…

A side view of the Mark IV Tank showing the interior mechanical components. The tank went into production in May 1917.

Mark IV Tank Plan

A side view of the Mark IV Tank showing the interior mechanical components. The tank went into production…

The top interior view of the Mark IV Tank showing the belt drive and other mechanical parts to move the tank.

Mark IV Tank Top View Plan

The top interior view of the Mark IV Tank showing the belt drive and other mechanical parts to move…

A plan illustrating the interior side view of Medium Mark A tank. The plan shows a detailed schematic to operate the tank.

Medium Mark A Tank Plan

A plan illustrating the interior side view of Medium Mark A tank. The plan shows a detailed schematic…

A plan illustrating the interior mechanical view of Mark V Tank.

Medium Mark V Tank Plan

A plan illustrating the interior mechanical view of Mark V Tank.

A cross sectional view of tapping a crucible in thermit welding. The crucible is placed over a mold to fasten two metals together. This method is commonly used to combine two railroad tracks.

Sectional View of Tapping Crucible Thermit Welding

A cross sectional view of tapping a crucible in thermit welding. The crucible is placed over a mold…

The illustration shows a cross sectional close up view of a straight side rim and tire. The metal piece clinches the rubber part of the tire with the liner inside to keep air in.

Cross Sectional View of Straight Side Rim Tire

The illustration shows a cross sectional close up view of a straight side rim and tire. The metal piece…

An schematic illustration of the 3 inch Stokes mortar. The mortar is made out of steel and screwed onto the ground for support by a cap. The mortar was used by the British in the trench during World War I.

Barrel View of Stokes Mortar

An schematic illustration of the 3 inch Stokes mortar. The mortar is made out of steel and screwed onto…

The illustration shows a schematic view of the Stokes Mortar being mounted onto the bipod. The mortar is mounted on to the bipod. The bipod adjusts the mortar's angle by adjusting the the elevating handle moving the gears.

Front View of Stokes Mortar with Bipod

The illustration shows a schematic view of the Stokes Mortar being mounted onto the bipod. The mortar…

A light carriage minenwerfer class mortar used for direct fire. The barrel and the shifting lever is moved up during loading, while the angle of the mortar is adjusted by the elevating screw in the front.

Rifled Carriage Light Minenwerfer Mortar

A light carriage minenwerfer class mortar used for direct fire. The barrel and the shifting lever is…

A rectangular cube drawn by using oblique projection. The original cube was projected parallel at a certain angle. The cube was drawn by drawing the front square in the front, then projecting it in an angle while connecting the edges.

Oblique Projection of a Rectangular Cube

A rectangular cube drawn by using oblique projection. The original cube was projected parallel at a…

The illustration of the side view of the oblique timber inserted into the horizontal timber. The drawing is done by drawing the square base, then draw an angled parallel line from the base.

Side View of Oblique Timber Framed in to Horizontal Timber

The illustration of the side view of the oblique timber inserted into the horizontal timber. The drawing…

A isometric drawing of the oblique and horizontal wood combined together. The image is drawn by creating the squared cube base, then, at the desired angle, draw the 3D view of the wood sticking up.

Isometric View of Oblique Timber Framed in to Horizontal Timber

A isometric drawing of the oblique and horizontal wood combined together. The image is drawn by creating…

A rolled out, or development, of the cylinder. The development is created by drawing the top curve with the dashed line where the folds are.

Development of Cylinder

A rolled out, or development, of the cylinder. The development is created by drawing the top curve with…

A development, or rolled out image, of two cylinders intersecting each other. The large rectangular diagram is the main cylindrical body with a circle inside it for the other cylinder. The smaller development is the intersected cylinder. This is commonly used to illustrate pipes.

Development of Two Intersecting Cylinder

A development, or rolled out image, of two cylinders intersecting each other. The large rectangular…

An illustration of two intersecting cylinders viewed from the side, top, and side of the intersecting cylinder. The intersecting cylinder drawing in mechanical and engineering drawings to show either a tank or pipes.

Three Views of Two Intersecting Cylinder

An illustration of two intersecting cylinders viewed from the side, top, and side of the intersecting…

Auxiliary planes of two intersecting cylinder is drawn by drawing the first cylinder. Revolve the first cylinder onto itself to create two intersections.

Drawing Auxiliary Planes of Two Intersecting Cylinder

Auxiliary planes of two intersecting cylinder is drawn by drawing the first cylinder. Revolve the first…

A sliced view at point VW, shown in the top figure. The inside view of the cylinders shows the points where the cylinders are connected.

Sliced View of Auxiliary Planes of Two Intersecting Cylinder

A sliced view at point VW, shown in the top figure. The inside view of the cylinders shows the points…

An outside view of two cylinders intersecting in an auxiliary plane. The dotted lines is the center of each cylinders.

Outside View of Auxiliary Planes of Two Intersecting Cylinder

An outside view of two cylinders intersecting in an auxiliary plane. The dotted lines is the center…

A sled is a sliding vehicle designed to transport passengers and/or cargo by using a running mechanism and smooth undersides instead of wheels.

Sied View of a Sled

A sled is a sliding vehicle designed to transport passengers and/or cargo by using a running mechanism…

The illustration detailing of a screw thread. Threads are created by drawing a cylindrical shape at a constant diameter. The pitch, length between the threads, is drawn along the cylinder at an angle.

Drawing Screw Thread

The illustration detailing of a screw thread. Threads are created by drawing a cylindrical shape at…