The practical builder or, Workman's general assistant
shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building, as, the use of the tramel for groins, angle-brackets, niches, &c. : semi-circular arches on flewing jambs, the preparing and making their soffits : rules of carpentry : to find the length and backing of hips, strait or curved, trusses for roofs, domes, &c. : trussing of girders, sections of floors, &c. : the proportion of the five orders in their general and particular parts, gluing of columns, stair-cases with their ramp and twist rails, fixing the carriages, newels, &c. : frontispieces, chimney-pieces, ceilings, cornices, architraves, &c. in the newest taste : with plans and elevations of gentlemens and farm-houses, barns, &c
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Author
Contributions
- Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807 - Contributor
Publication
1774 - Printed for I. Taylor at the Bible and Crown, in Holborn, near Chancery-Lane, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
2,750 words, Guess
Page Count
11 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivepracticalbuilder00pain_0
- OCLC Control Number84548343
- Open LibraryOL25779439M
Alternate Titles
- Workman's general assistant
Subjects
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- The practical builder or, Workman's general assistant: shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building, as, the use of the tramel for groins, angle-brackets, niches, &c. : semi-circular arches on flewing jambs, the preparing and making their soffits : rules of carpentry : to find the length and backing of hips, strait or curved, trusses for roofs, domes, &c. : trussing of girders, sections of floors, &c. : the proportion of the five orders in their general and particular parts, gluing of columns, stair-cases with their ramp and twist rails, fixing the carriages, newels, &c. : frontispieces, chimney-pieces, ceilings, cornices, architraves, &c. in the newest taste : with plans and elevations of gentlemens and farm-houses, barns, &c
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