The carpenter's new guide; a complete book of lines for carpentry and joinery, treating fully on practical geometry, soffits, groins, niches, roofs, and domes, and containing a great variety of original designs. Also a full exemplification of the theory and practice of stair building, cornices, mouldings, and dressings of every description. Including also some observations and calculations on the strength of timber, by Peter Nicholson ... The whole being carefully and thoroughly rev. by N.K. Davis. And containing numerous ... original designs for roofs, domes, etc., by Samuel Sloan ...

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Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844 [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Εdition
16th ed.
Published/​Created
Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854.
Description
ix, 10-107 p. 80 pl. 29 x 23 cm.

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