Drawing instruments have been essential to mathematics, architecture, surveying, navigation, engineering design, and other technical endeavors from antiquity through the 20th century, although ...

Whether you’re an artist, an architect, or carpenter, a T-square is an essential tool for your work arsenal. Like an upgraded straightedge, this drawing instrument helps you draw accurate, properly ...

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Instruments like these were used by skilled draughtsmen (and women) in many drawing offices to produce engineering drawings for structures, such as bridges and building frames, at a time when computer ...

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We have a lot to thank computers for; the laptop I typed this article on can execute millions of instructions every second. This is a number us humans can’t comprehend, but thankfully, computers can.