Chapter II. The Preparation and Use of the Instruments

Preface.

Chapter I. The Drawing Board.

The T square

The triangles

Curves

Selecting and testing drawing instruments

Lead pencils

Mixing India ink

The drawing paper

Tracing paper

The ink

Testing and selecting India ink

Draftsmen's measuring rules

Preparing the lining pen for use

The shapes of the lining pen points

Oil stoning pen points

Preparing the circle pen for use

The shape for circle pen points

Shaping circle pens for very small circles

A form of pen point recently introduced; forming the pen point

The method of oil-stoning circle pen points

The needle point and pen point

How to use the circle pen

German instrument to avoid slipping of a needle point

How to use the lining pen

Applying the ink to the bow-pen

Using a straight line or lining pen with a T square