People transfer knowledge in various ways. The simplest form of transmission is to speak or to hear, but such knowledge is not sustainable and is easily lost. One way to make knowledge sustainable is to write it down. Once in a written form – this can be a text, but also pictures and drawings – it then can be forwarded. Therefore, for us, books, technical drawings, and the like seem to be the most suitable ‘vehicles’ of knowledge. However, not every drawing is a vehicle of knowledge, particularly when it comes to technical knowledge. One must examine the intrinsic link
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