The model architect : a series of original designs for cottages, villas, suburban residences, etc., accompanied by explanations, specifications, estimates, and elaborate details : prepared expressly for the use of projectors and artisans throughout the United States (1852)
Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884 · Philadelphia : E.S. Jones & Co. · leaf 32
CARPENTRY. … ill HERE is nothing in the art of building which requires so much mathematical skill as car-pentry. The bricklayer and mason regard only the force of gravity, which is the down-ward tendency, the lateral force exerted by arches, and the resistance to crushing orI :^ compression; whereas, the…
Architecture, Domestic · Country homes
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