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The Preparation of Illustrations for Reports of the United States Geological Survey

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

The Preparation of Illustrations for Reports of the United States Geological Survey

John L. Ridgway

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How do you draw a mountain, a fossil, or a rock formation for a scientific report? John Ridgway explains the preparation of illustrations for the Geological Survey, from technique to reproduction. Precise, technical, and practical. A working guide to the exacting art of scientific illustration. For readers curious about how the natural world gets rendered on the printed page. Note: a specialist manual on illustration technique.

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