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Mechanical drawing

noun

Scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc,.

The craft of drawing blueprints. Synonym: drafting.

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"Mechanical drawing" Quotes from Famous Books

... manner I executed several specimens of my ability as a mechanical draughtsman; for I knew that Maudslay would thoroughly understand my ability to work after a plan. Mechanical drawing is the alphabet of the engineer. Without this the workman is merely a "hand." With it he indicates the possession of "a head" I also made some samples of my skill in hand-sketching of machines, and parts of machines, in perspective—that ...

— James Nasmyth's Autobiography • James Nasmyth

... himself so disagreeable to the head master that he was sent home in disgrace. His irate father gave him a sound thrashing and declared that he must be apprenticed to a mechanical engineer. The boy took little interest in his new work, but showed some aptitude for mechanical drawing and calligraphy. In a few months he became so interested in sketching that he began to indulge in visions of becoming ...

— Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing • Enrico Caruso and Luisa Tetrazzini