1 Introducing shadows and projection 1
2 The fundamental nature of drawing 8
3 Representing attributes in drawings 16
4 Persoective: projection applied to pictures 23
5 Plans and multi-view drawings 37
6 Constructional drawings: sun-dialling and stone-cutting 48
7 Ships and forts: water-lines and figured plans 68
8 Descartes: linking geometry and geometry 79
9 Monge: the birth of descriptive geometry 86
10 The nature of Mongean geometry 107
11 Farish: isometrical perspective 114
12 The nineteenth perspective 128
13 Drawing and early British technical education 140
14 The American scene: first and third angle projections 155
15 Conventions and standards in drawings 171
16 Defining shape：dimensioning and tolerancing 185
17 Axonometric projection 198
18 Today and tomorrow 213
Bibliography 233
Index 237
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