The builder's dictionary, or, Gentleman and architect's companion : explaining not only the terms of art in all the several parts of architecture, but also containing the theory and practice of the various branches thereof ... : also necessary problems in arithmetic, geometry, mechanics, perspective, hydraulics, and other mathematical sciences : together with the quantities proportions, and prices of all kinds of materials used in building ... (1734)
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1750, Devoto, John, fl. 1719-1752 · London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ..., and S. Austen ... · leaf 128
is con-trivd, and to be built accord-ing to the Rules of Geometry^according to which Par^-ern thewhole Fabrick is eiefbed andfiniiiid. This Delineation or o s Plat-ibrm, exhibits the prin-cipal \Nall, wirh Its Apertures,Roof, Ornaments, and everyThing vifible to an Eye, plac dbtlore the Building.… … ^o Draw a Right Line for aBafe or Ground Line A B, andat one End erect a perpendicu-lar A D upon A B, let ofr the\N idth and Dillances of theGates or Doors, \N mdows, 8<c,On the Right Line A D, fetoff the Heights of the feve-ral Parts vifiSle in the Face ofthe Building, c. g-. of the…
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