Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Comprising instructions in the selection and preparation of drawing instruments, elementary instruction in practical mechanical drawing; together with examples in simple geometry and elementary mechanism, including screw threads, gear wheels, mechanical motions, engines and boilers

CHAPTER IX.

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EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.

A locomotive spring; a stuffing box and gland; working drawings of a coupling rod; dimensions and directions marked; a connecting rod drawn and put together as it would be for the lathe, vise, or erecting shop 169

Drawings for the blacksmith 172

A locomotive frame 174

Reducing scales 175

Making a drawing to scale 177