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Practical carpentry, joinery and cabinet-making. Revised by Thomas Tredgold.
ABC/20 · 1846
Part of Architectural Books Collection
A volume divided into three Books. The First Book treats of Carpentry, with an introduction, showing the principles and methods of describing curves; the nature and methods of making working-drawings; the manner of setting out Buildings. The Carpentry then commences with the principles and practice of framing and connecting timbers; the construction of roofs, floors, partitions, domes, niches, groins, centres, and wooden bridges. The Second Book treats the Joinery; it exhibits the methods of framing, gluing-up, setting-out work, the description of raking-moldings, methods of enlarging and diminishing moldings, the art of hinging and forming joints; the construction of doors, windows, window-shutters, circular sashes, skylights; the mode of bending moldings, of diminishing and fluting columns and pilaster; the forming of architraves, surbases, and bases; a treatise on the theory of construction of stairs and handrails; methods of fixing joiners' work. The Third Book is dedicated to cabinet-making, or the principles of designing, constructing and selecting furniture. Followed by the principles of constructing furniture, methods of veneering, inlaying, buhl-work, carving, molding ornaments in wood and composition. Illustrations of Grecian, Roman and Gothic styles are included. Nicholson, Peter (1765-1844), architect
Design development of Indian architecture in 3 parts. Part II
ABC/200 · [1973]
Part of Architectural Books Collection
Part 2/3. A three part series on the design and development of indian architecture with detail drawings, plans, sections and elevations to scale. Plates included are: ; A Mohamedan Mihrab-From Rani Sipri's Mosque, Ahmedabad; A Mohamedan Window-From the Daya Halima's Tomb, Ahmedebad; A Mohamedan Doorway-Daya Halima's Tomb Ahmedabab; Mohamedan Jalis-From Ahmedabad; Mohamedan King's Tomb Ahmedabad; Mohamedan Queen's Tomb Ahmedabad; A Mohamedan Colonnade-Two Storeyed Colonnade Overlooking Great Tank at Sarkhej; Mohamedan Sluices-From Anhilwada Patan and Kankariya, Ahmedabad; A Mohamedan Balcony-From Jami Masjid Champanir; A Mohamedan Mosque-With an Arcaded Screen Around Platform from Mecca Masjid, Bijapur; A Mohamedan Mosque-Malika Jahan's Mosque at Bijapur; A Mohamedan Mosque-Malika Jahan's Mosque at Bijapur; Mohamedan Tombs-One of the Two "Sister" Domes, Bijapur; An Indian Balcony-From Ibrahim Roza Bijapur; A Mohamedan Ceiling-Mehtar Mahal, Bijapur; A Mohamedan Ceiling-Chhota Asar, Bijapur; Mohamedan Plaster Detail-Behram Khan, Khana's Tomb, Bara Pul, Old Delhi; Hindu House-Rajaram Rao's House Madura; Hindu House-Rajaram Rao's House, Madura; Hindu House-Indian Domestic Work, Jathars Wada at Nasik. Batley, Claude (1879-1956), architect
Design development of Indian architecture in 3 parts. Part III
ABC/201 · [1973]
Part of Architectural Books Collection
Part 3/3. A three part series on the design and development of indian architecture with detail drawings, plans, sections and elevations to scale. Plates included are: A Hindu Doorway-Sidar Raste's Wada Wai; A Hindu House-Bhaskarrao Vithal's Wada, Baroda; A Hindu Verandah-Palace of Chief at Bhor State, Poona; Hindu House-Radha Krishna Kaul's House, Srinagar, Kashmir; Indian Palace-Man Mandir Palace, Gwalior; Mohamedan Palace Pavillion-Mariam's House, Fatehpur Sikri; Mohamedan Panelling-Raja Birbal's House, Fatehpur Sikri; Mohamedan Palace Pavillion-Turkish Sultana's House, Fatehpur Sikri; A Mohamedan Arcaded Gallery-Ladies Gallery Overlooking Palace Bazaar, at Agra; Indian Palace Gate Way-Udaipur; Indian Doorway(Hindu)-From Dalpatsing's House, Udaipur; Hindu Jalis-From the Palace at Gan Ghore Ghat, Pichola Lake, Udaipur. Batley, Claude (1879-1956), architect