Project Gutenberg 2011-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 376 Hill, Thomas George 1876 1954 16005174 The Essentials of Illustration A Practical Guide to the Reproduction of Drawings & Photographs for the Use of Scientists & Others Produced by Lesley Halamek, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Essentials of Illustration" by T. G. Hill is a practical guide to the reproduction of drawings and photographs, focusing on the needs of scientists and illustrators, written in the early 20th century. The book delves into various printing techniques, including intaglio, plane surface, relief, and photo-mechanical processes, while emphasizing the principles behind effective scientific illustration. Notably, it addresses the common deficiencies in scientific publications and offers insights on achieving high-quality illustrations for academic work. At the start of this guide, the author outlines the significance of illustrations in scientific documentation, particularly in botanical studies, and critiques the generally low standards maintained in contemporary works. He reflects on the artistic quality seen in earlier scientific literature and identifies issues such as poor draughtsmanship and inadequate knowledge of reproduction methods as primary reasons for inferior illustrations. By introducing a series of lectures planned at the University of London, Hill aims to remedy these shortcomings, sharing his experiences with different illustration techniques and the intuitive processes that govern high-quality scientific illustration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Illustration of books Engraving -- Printing Photomechanical processes NE Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: How To... Category: Science - Biology Category: Art Category: How To ... 198012 2025-06-14T09:17:21.412537 text/html 189631 2021-01-07T09:41:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 11186852 2021-01-07T09:41:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 11132112 2025-06-14T09:18:16.218809 application/epub+zip 11106715 2025-06-14T09:17:45.622432 application/epub+zip 139974 2025-06-14T09:17:24.073590 application/epub+zip 14182805 2025-06-14T09:18:24.346752 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 14137591 2025-06-14T09:17:53.360387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 160286 2022-09-16T05:40:59.504327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152243 2025-06-14T09:17:20.081579 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152248 2021-01-07T09:41:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 53535 2021-01-07T09:41:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 152256 2021-01-07T09:41:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53489 2021-01-07T09:41:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20748 2025-06-14T09:18:24.572744 application/rdf+xml 13791 2025-06-14T09:17:24.664543 image/jpeg 3261 2025-06-14T09:17:24.378513 image/jpeg 11259860 2025-06-14T09:17:21.830564 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog