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SUMMARY:Surveying the scene\, engineering the machine: drawing things toge
 ther in the Age of Enlightenment - Celina Fox
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CONTACT:David Thompson
DESCRIPTION:This talk focuses on the role played by drawing in helping Eng
 lish surveyors and engineers to plan and execute their projects in the eig
 hteenth century. Drawings played a crucial role in calculation\, explanati
 on and promotion. Translating three-dimensional terrain and man-made forms
  of controlling that terrain into a convenient two-dimensional format cote
 rminous with geometry\, drawings provided the means of rationalizing and m
 obilizing the skills of surveyors and engineers\, bringing them into the p
 ublic domain as a true part of the Enlightenment. The great collections of
  surveying and engineering drawings from the period\, consciously gathered
  together\, ordered and preserved by their makers – among them Grundy\, 
 Smeaton\, Boulton and Watt – are examined not only for the practical pur
 poses they served but also as evidence of professional aggrandizement.
LOCATION:McCrum Lecture Theatre\, Bene't Street
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