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Excerpt from Universal Dictionary of Mechanical Drawing In a paper on Mechanical Drawing in the Modern Drafting Room read before the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, in June, 1903, I dwelt with some emphasis upon the importance of uniformity in what I then termed the dictionary features of mechanical drawings. This paper was reprinted by the Society as a pamphlet, and later was published in Engineering xvews and in several other of the leading engineering periodicals both here and in England. The great interest taken in the subject was entirely unexpected. In all, something over seventy letters were received con taining favorable comments, letters not only from all parts of the United States but from Canada, England, France, Holland, and even from New Zealand and South Africa. Among these letters were several from universities and colleges asking if it were not possible to put together a drawing dictionary as a text-book for the use of our schools and col leges. It seemed to be the unanimous opinion that such a dictionary, dealing with mechanical drawing as a language, would be appreciated by teachers, students, and drafting rooms alike. Finally the editor of Engineering jvews suggested that I prepare such a dictionary to be published first in that journal and afterwards as a text-book. This book is the result of that suggestion. It has been written with the hope that the drafting fraternity, as well as teachers and students of mechanical drawing, will accept it, as far as it goes, and use it as a basis for the writing of the language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.