THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CARPENTRY.
A Treatise on the Pressure and Equilibrium of Timber Framing, the Resistance of Timber, and the Construction of Floors, Arches, Bridges, Roofs, Uniting Iron and Stone with Timber, &c. To which is added an Essay on the Nature and Properties of Timber, &c., with Descriptions of the kinds of Wood used in Building; also numerous Tables of the Scantlings of Timber for different purposes, the Specific Gravities of Materials, &c. By Thomas Tredgold, C.E. With an Appendix of Specimens of Various Roofs of Iron and Stone, Illustrated. Seventh Edition, thoroughly Revised and considerably Enlarged by E. Wyndham Tarn, M.A., Author of “The Science of Building,” &c. With 61 Plates, Portrait of the Author, and several Woodcuts. In One large Vol., 4to, cloth
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“Ought to be in every architect’s and every builder’s library.”—Builder.
“A work whose monumental excellence must commend it wherever skilful carpentry is concerned. The author’s principles are rather confirmed than impaired by time. The additional plates are of great intrinsic value.”—Building News.