Eng., OSU 1895, also known as A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsman, was first published in 1911 by McGraw-Hill Book Company.
For the Eleventh and Twelfth editions, the book title changed to Engineering Drawing and Graphic Technology.
It was during the year 1910 that Martin M. Foss, a traveling representative of the newly organized McGraw-Hill Book Company, in calling on the Department of Engineering Drawing, recognized in the group headed by Professor Thomas E. French one of the most successful and talented groups in its field in the United States.
The staff contributed immeasurably in the preparation of drawings, problem material as well as advice and suggestions in the text.
It was a truly monumental classic, and for many years was a perennial leader in its field and held the American publishers record as the best selling of all college textbooks.
The following quotation is taken from the Ohio State University Monthly, February 1935, p. 148: "Not only is he famous as the 'father of the Stadium' idea, but his textbook, A Manual of Engineering Drawing, has taken the name of Professor Thomas E. French, Mech.
[3] Starting with the Seventh Edition in 1947, 16mm sound motion picture films were created to complement the instruction found in the textbook.
1 McGraw-Hill Text-Films For Engineering Drawing (20 min, Orthographic Projection), For Chaps.
10 McGraw-Hill Text-Films For Engineering Drawing (Silent filmstrip, Dimensioning Techniques), For Chaps.
1 McGraw-Hill Text-Films For Engineering Drawing (20 min, Orthographic Projection), For Chaps.
19 McGraw-Hill Text-Films For Engineering Drawing (Silent filmstrip, Dimensioning Techniques), For Chaps.
1 McGraw-Hill Text-Films For Engineering Drawing (18 min, Orthographic Projection), For Chap.
9 McGraw-Hill Text-Films For Engineering Drawing (11 min, Oblique Cones and Transition Developments), For Chap.
11 The success of the textbook enabled others to write accompanying books of additional practice questions or problems.
In 1944, the War Department used this textbook as one of their Education Manuals (EM 961) 694 pages (includes Appendix and Index) - 302,989 copies