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Practical Geometry and Engineering Graphics

A Textbook for Engineering and Other Students

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  • © 1971

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Authors:
  1. W. Abbott

    1. Federation of British Industries, UK
      Ministry of Education, UK

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-5
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  2. Plane Geometry and Engineering Graphics

    1. Introductory

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      Pages 6-13

    2. Circles and Lines in Contact

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      Pages 14-21

    3. Conic Sections

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      Pages 22-41

    4. Roulettes and Glissettes

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      Pages 42-53

    5. Spiral Curves

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      Pages 54-61

    6. Loci of Points on Moving Mechanisms

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      Pages 62-71

    7. Graphical Differentiation

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      Pages 72-91

    8. Graphical Statics

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      Pages 92-137

    9. Relative Velocity

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      Pages 138-149

    10. Harmonic Analysis

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      Pages 150-156

  3. Solid or Descriptive Geometry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Orthographic Projection

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      Pages 158-179

    3. Sections of Solids

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      Pages 180-191

    4. Isometric Projection

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      Pages 192-199

    5. The Straight Line and Plane

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      Pages 200-249

    6. Further Projections of Solids

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      Pages 250-273

    7. Intersections of Surfaces

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      Pages 274-297

    8. Other Systems of Projection

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      Pages 298-319

    9. Solids in Contact

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      Pages 320-335
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About this book

HIS BOOK IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A COURSE IN PRACTICAL Geometry for engineering students who have already received some instruction in elementary plane geometry, graph plotting, and the use T of vectors. It also covers the requirements of Secondary School pupils taking Practical Geometry at the Advanced Level. The grouping adopted, in which Plane Geometry is dealt with in Part I, and Solid or Descriptive Geometry in Part II, is artificial, and it is the intention that the two parts should be read concurrently. The logical treatment of the subject presents many difficulties and the sequence of the later chapters in both parts is necessarily a compromise; as an illustration, certain of the more easy inter­ sections and developments might with advantage be taken at an earlier stage than that indicated. In Part I considerable space has been devoted to Engineering Graphics, particularly to the applications of graphical integration. The use of graphical methods of computation is fully justified in most engineering problems of a practical nature-especially where analytical methods would prove laborious -the results obtained being as accurate as the data warrant.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Federation of British Industries, UK

    W. Abbott

  • Ministry of Education, UK

    W. Abbott

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Practical Geometry and Engineering Graphics

  • Book Subtitle: A Textbook for Engineering and Other Students

  • Authors: W. Abbott

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2742-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: W. Abbott 1971

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-216-89450-1Published: 01 November 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2742-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: II, 349

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Engineering Design, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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