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them to project one from the other. A very considerable \ 

 lion of drawings are sent in with the different views 

 ample* placed indiscriminately on the sheet, as if they were 

 independent objects. In accordance with the general instr 

 on the first page of the examination paper, such papers are can 

 -mm knowledge of projection is shown on tin- i 

 a displaced second view of an example in nut mnreh discn 

 the displacement is due to the candidate not having left sufficient 

 room for drawing it in the right place ; I V deduction 



is made for the fault of bad arrangement. 



In some cases, whilst the notion of projection had been im- 

 parted, projection lines being drawn, yet the student had 

 fulled to realise 1'n MI tin sketches the form of the object 1 

 drawing, absurd additions being made to the views shown, and the 

 udded view often ludicrou*ly impossible. It is suggested that 

 teachers would do well in making more use in their tend. 

 models of machine details. 



In setting the examples to be drawn, only sufficient is shov. 

 the diagram to make clear and determinate the shape and dimen- 

 sions of the piece of machinery represented. In completing the views 

 which are commenced, und in producing a third view when required. 

 the student has the greatest opportunity of showing his kno\\l< -d^- 

 of machine construction. bra drawing is highly n 



It should include details shown in one view of the copy, but 

 in the other. In the sections, diagonal lines -h.-uld be dra\\n on 

 the parts which are cut by planes of sections, and ..n tho.- 

 only. It is a very common error to find two separated 



a of the same piece to be crossed by section lines sloping in 

 opposite directions, ax it the\ were distinct pieces. Anoth- 

 quent fault is fur the section lines to be drawn in the same direction 

 in continuous lines over adjacent separate pie< -Diction )> 



tween the parts being made at all, and often portions are se.- 

 which can only be in elevation. More care on the part of s. 

 the teachers in instructing their students in the proper use of 

 section lines would, we believe, lessen the frequency of these faults. 

 It is advisable to note that these section lines are n<>t n-,|> 

 be drawn with mathematical precision, but only with neatness. 



Candidates should be ad\ ised not to s much time in 



showing by dotted lines details of the constriction which 

 apparent on the face of the view. 



I ntlie event of the candidate not hat be familiar with one 



or more of the examples which are set to be drawn, he has 



