{"product_id":"the-art-of-the-engineer-9780879511289","title":"The Art Of The Engineer","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngineering drawing  though it had its roots in scientific and technical illustration at the time of the Renaissance and in architectural and naval draughtsmanship in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries  was essentially a product of the Industrial Revolution. The numerous drawings reproduced in this book offer a representative selection of the work produced for the transport industries - ships  railway engines  motor-cars  aeroplanes - during the past two hundred years. Many are superb examples of draughtsmanship  and a number are equal in quality to the best drawings of any kind. The illustrations can be looked at in two complementary ways. The drawings may be enjoyed for their visual quality alone  but it is also important to grasp their significance for the design and production processes to which they relate. As all the drawings were originally produced for a specific purpose  their place in the story of engineering needs to be understood. In their text and detailed captions  the authors place each drawing in its context and describe the development of the skills of draughtsmanship as they interacted with the entrepreneurial demands of rapidly developing technology. The book as a whole therefore makes an important contribution to the history of technology  as well as providing outstanding examples of the richness of the visual resources that emanated from the Industrial Revolution. This is an impressive work of scholarship that draws not just on the extensive collections of engineering drawings that exist in Britain (where the Industrial Revolution had its beginnings)  but also from American and European sources. Drawings normally unseen and often unknown outside a small circle of specialists are now presented to a wider public.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279945326645,"sku":"ByrdShop_0879511281","price":73.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780879511289.jpg?v=1780616433","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-the-engineer-9780879511289","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}