Excerpt from Elements of Drawing and Mensuration: Applied to the Mechanic Arts There is little to be done, in such an undertaking, ex cept to collect, arrange, and simplify, and to adapt the work, in all its parts, to the precise place which it is intended to fill. The introduction into our schools, within the last few years, Of the subjects Of Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Mineralogy, Chemistry, and Drawing, has given rise to a higher grade of elementary studies, and the extended applications of the mechanic arts call for additional ih formation among practical men. To understand the most elementary treatise on Natu ral Philosophy, or the Simplest work on the Mechanic Arts, or even to make a plane drawing, some knowledge of the principles Of Geometry is indispensable; and yet, those in whose hands such works are generally placed, or who are called upon to make plans in the mechanic arts, feel that they have hardly time to go through with a full course Of exact demonstration. 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.