Encyclopedia of architecture : a dictionary of the science and practice of architecture, building, carpentry, etc., from the earliest ages to the present time, forming a comprehensive work of reference for the use of architects, builders, carpenters, masons, engineers, students, professional men, and amateurs
Peter Nicholson's architectural encyclopedia, revised by Edward Lomax and Thomas Gunyon and issued in New York in 1852 as a reference for architects, builders, carpenters, masons, engineers and amateurs. The plates are engraved geometric constructions: lettered points, dotted projection lines, curves of shadow, and blocks of ruled hatching that shade solids, supplying designers with ready-made line grids, tonal fields and diagram scaffolding.
