Images in Practice
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IMAGES THAT EXPLAIN
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technical manuals
technical drawing |
Ken Baynes and Francis Pugh, The Art of the Engineer, Lutterworth Press, Guildford, 1981. The Function of Engineering Drawings. Origins and First Developments. The Evolution of Ships Plans. Early Steamboat Drawings, Early Railway Drawings, Draughtsmanship in the Mid Nineteenth Century. Draughtsmanship at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. New Motive Power and the New Transport Industries. Peter Booker, A History of Engineering Drawing, Chatto & Windus, London, 1963.
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Denis Gifford (intro. and ed.) The Eagle Book of Cutaways, L.Ashwell Wood, Web and Bower, Michael Joseph, 1988. Four examples from each section , LAND - The Last of London's Trams, 1961: Britain's 52-Ton Tank 1953; Amazing Underground Flying and Cross-Over Junctions, 1950; The Inter-City Diesel Railcar. SEA - The New Empress of Britain, 1955; World's Fastest Torpedo Boat 1960; The Hovercraft Aircushion Machine 1959; The Latest Unsinkable Motor Lifeboat. AIR - The Duke's helicopter 1953; A Famous Airliner of the Past, 1960; A Superb New Airliner 1960; The Submarine Hunting Seamew 1946. TOMORROW - The Atomic Submarine 1957; Breaking the Space Barrier 1955; The Anastasia, Dan Dare;s Space Ship 1958; The Atomic Locomotive 1952.
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theoretical accounts
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Edward Tufte, Envisioning Information, Graphics Press, Cheshire, Conn., 1990. Escaping Flatland. Micro/Macro Readings, Layering and Separation. Small Multiples. Color and Information. Narratives of Space and Time. Epilogue. Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Graphics Press, Cheshire, Conn., 1983. PART I. GRAPHICAL PRACTICE. Graphical Excellence. Graphical Integrity. Sources of Graphical Integrity and Sophistication. PART II THEORY OF DATA GRAPHICS. Data-Ink and Graphical Redesign. Chartjunk: Vibrations, Grids and Ducks. Multifunctioning Graphical Elements. Data Density and Small Multiples. Aesthetics and Technique in Data Graphical Design. Epilogue: Designs for the Display of Information.
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visual displays
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visual displays
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