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Cornfield Observatories. One outstanding amateur astronomer is Leslie Peltier, an Ohio draftsman, whose little observatory stands in his father's cornfield. He is such an able observer that professionals look to him as the No. 1 U.S. comet tailer, and both Harvard and Princeton have lent him instruments. Inspecting the whole sky piece by piece each month, Peltier has discovered seven comets, which are named after...
...Washington, D. C. is in dire need of civilian personnel for geographic research. Seniors or graduates with courses in mapmaking, geography, or applied geology may very well qualify for this work. It is not essential that an applicant have a great deal of geographical knowledge or skill as a draftsman. The chief characteristics to be sought are adaptability and a graphic sense of what is conveyed by maps...
Wisconsin-born Architect Wright went to Chicago as an apprentice draftsman in 1887, just when the first modern skyscrapers in the world were abuilding in that brawny city. While the rest of the U.S. was content with old-fashioned imitation Greek pillars and Victorian knickknacks, Chicago Architects William Le Baron Jenney, Louis Sullivan and John Root had thought out a new, austere type of building that was to dominate U.S. big-city architecture for half a century...
...week course, the graduates will be sufficiently trained to qualify as junior draftsmen or tracers. To qualify for the more specialized drafting positions, a good deal of experience as a junior draftsman is usually required. "The need for people trained in basic drafting practice, however, is almost as great, I believe, as for people who have the more specialized training," Walsh said...
Engineering drawing is necessary not only for the draftsman but also for the shopman or machinist if he is to read the engineer's plans easily and intelligently. A mechanic or machinist trained in drafting and structural visualization has a great advantage over the ordinary mechanic, according to Walsh...