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2. Drawing board - Wikipedia

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   A 19th century architect at the drawing board. A drawing board (also drawing table, drafting table or architect's table) is, in its antique form, a kind of multipurpose desk which can be used for any kind of drawing, writing or impromptu sketching on a large sheet of paper or for reading a large format book or other oversized document or for drafting precise technical illustrations (such as ...

3. Technical drawing - Wikipedia

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   A drafting table Old-fashioned technical drawing instruments Stencils for lettering technical drawings to DIN standards. The basic drafting procedure is to place a piece of paper (or other material) on a smooth surface with right-angle corners and straight sides—typically a drawing board.

4. Drawing room - Wikipedia

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   A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained, and an alternative name for a living room. The name is derived from the 16th-century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber, which remained in use through the 17th century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. [1] In a large 16th- to early 18th-century ...

5. Split-flap display - Wikipedia

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   Video of the main departure board Praha-Smíchov station, Czech Republic (2012). This Signaltron was manufactured by Pragotron Schematic of a split-flap display in a digital clock display An animation of how a split-flap display works Flap departure board at Gare du Nord, Paris (2007) Section of a split-flap display board at Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof (2005) Enlarged inner workings of a ...

6. Technical drawing tool - Wikipedia

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   Smaller drawing boards are produced for table-top use. In the 18th and 19th centuries, drawing paper was dampened and then its edges glued to the drawing board. After drying the paper would be flat and smooth. The completed drawing was then cut free. [3]: 1-2 Paper could also be secured to the drawing board with drawing pins [4] or even C-clamps.

7. Drafting machine - Wikipedia

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   A drafting machine is a tool used in technical drawing, consisting of a pair of scales mounted to form a right angle on an articulated protractor head that allows an angular rotation. [1][2] The protractor head (two scales and protractor mechanism) is able to move freely across the surface of the drawing board, sliding on two guides directly or ...