Elementary principles of carpentry

Tredgold, Thomas 1788-1829

Elementary principles of carpentry a treatise on the pressure and equilibrium of timber framing, the resistance of timber, and the construction of floors, centres, bridges, roofs; uniting iron and stone with timber, etc. With practical rules and examples. To which is added an essay on the nature and properties of timber ... also numerous tables ... Illustrated by fifty-three engravings, a portrait of the author, and several wood cuts - Fourth edition, corrected and considerably enlarged With an appendix, containing specimens of various ancient and modern roofs, by Peter Barlow ... - London John Weale 1853 - xxiv, 334 p. front. (port.) illus. (incl. tables) 53 plates (part fold.) 29 x 22 cm.


Great Britain--1707-