W MacCord 1895 Mechanical Drawing Progressive Exercises Practical Hints Drafting For Sale

Before digital design, mechanical drawing depended on the draughtsman’s ability to communicate form through precise work on paper. Charles William MacCord’s Mechanical Drawing: Progressive Exercises and Practical Hints approaches that discipline through structured practice and guidance for draughtsmen, bringing instruction and practical application together in one work. A publisher’s description identifies its two complementary divisions as “Progressive Exercises” and “Practical Hints for Draughtsmen.”
This 1895 copy offers a period source for readers interested in drafting, engineering education, and the history of technical drawing. Rather than presenting drawing solely as an artistic pursuit, its stated focus is mechanical representation and the development of working skills through exercises. The combination of progressive instruction and practical advice makes the volume relevant to collections of nineteenth-century engineering books, technical manuals, and drawing literature. For scholars, librarians, and readers exploring historical approaches to design instruction, the title provides a specifically identified work by Charles William MacCord, documented in bibliographic records for the period.
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