Had the opportunity to have lunch with my Dad yesterday. He gave me this. He said he found it at a pawn shop.
I thought it is pretty cool!
:good: :good:
I wonder how many of us could letter that clearly now. If not already lost, it is a dying art.
Cool book.
Andy
> I thought it is pretty cool!
Dang tootin'. That's great.
> I wonder how many of us could letter that clearly now. If not already lost, it is a dying art.
>
> Cool book.
>
> Andy
But how many of them could use Autocad to create plans with straight sentences using city blueprint font!
Each generation has their own talent and expertise of doing things.
Most of these flashbacks are just part of our sentimentilism for older generations.
50 years from now they will be admiring us for how we were able to make plats from Autocad and the HP plotter.
:good: :good: :good:
I can dig it, that is way cool piece of survey art, even cooler that your dad found it and gave it to you...really cool
Once I started surveying around 18, began writing in the block letters for everything and never went back to cursive.
BL
I refrained from posting a pick of the front fly leaf with the name. Figured I'd be getting a replay from a "family member" with an Austin IP address requesting the returm of family property stolen long ago.... 😉
That is an awesome find!
:good:
The only thing I can write in cursive anymore is my signature.
So why can't any draftsmen today line ou a column of numbers or data in a straight line with their fancey autocad machines? 😛
I have a copy of one of those as well. It was given to me by a family friend who found it in their attic. Mine is a 4th edition, dated 1907. It also has the an inscription in the back cover - "Lehigh University - 1911". They also managed to hang on to the pull out magnetic declination chart from 1905.
Not surprisingly, the bulk of the hand notes in my copy have to do with coal. They seem to be dated 1937-1945.