Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work
A twelve-volume trade reference on carpentry, framing and building practice compiled by William A. Radford's staff of working builders and published in Chicago in 1909 for contractors, apprentices and correspondence students. Line engravings show timber joints, roof and wall sections in axonometric and cutaway view, with hatched end grain, dashed hidden lines and torn-off edges useful as diagram vocabulary.
