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reference scans for the new D3.js scales+axis work-in-progress

Intent

Collection of references ('from a time when graphic skills did not mean hitting the Print button on an Excel Chart')

Origins

Scans originate from some classic books, owned by yours truly:

  • The Design of Diagrams for Engineering Formulas and the Theory of Nomography, Lawrence I. Hewes + Herbert L. Seward, McGraw-Hill, 1923 (regrettably I only have the Nabu Public Domain reprint)
  • MIT Radiation Laboratory Series, McGraw-Hill, 1948-1950, specifically issues 5, 21 and 24:
    • Pulse generators, Glasoe + Lebacqz, 1948
    • Electronic Instruments, Greenwood + Holdam + MacRae, 1948
    • Threshold Signals, Lawson + Uhlenbeck, 1950
  • Electronic Designers Handbook, Robert W. Landee + Donovan C. Davis + Albert P. Albrecht, McGraw-Hill, 1957
  • Vacuum Tubes, Karl R. Spangenberg, McGraw-Hill, 1948 (McGraw-Hill Electrical and Electronic Engineering Series)
  • Analysis and Synthesis of Sampled-Data Control Systems, Bejamin C. Kuo, Prentice-Hall, 2nd. printing, 1964 (International Series in Electrical Engineering)
  • De Technische Vraagbaak: Machines en Mechanische Technologie, deel M, J.E. de Vries, 5e geheel gewijzigde druk, AE. E. Kluwer, 1950 (purchased 1958)
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