International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons Engaged in the Engineering Profession and Trades or for Those Who Desire ... Practical Examples and Their Solutions

Excerpt from International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons Engaged in the Engineering Profession and Trades or for Those Who Desire Information Concerning Them, Fully Illustrated and Containing Numerous Practical Examples and Their SolutionsThis volume treats of the constructive details of modern architectural buildings. Besides the artistic elements in building design, the structure must be planned with refer ence to mechanical considerations. The excavation must be made in an economic and secure manner, the foundations must be properly placed, and the superstructure, whether of wood or masonry, must be properly designed. How this work is laid out and executed is the subject of this volume. The details of joinery, which are the cause of the greatest number of errors in building construction. Are explained in a practical manner and fully illustrated. The last part of the volume is intended exclusively for the mechanic. It deals with the steel square, the tool of mystery to many a car penter, and shows how simple and easy of application it really is.The method of numbering the pages. Cuts. Articles, etc. Is such that each subject or part, when the subject is divided into two or more parts, is complete in itself; hence, in order to make the index intelligible, it was necessary to give each subject or part a number. This number is placed at the top of each page, on the headline. Opposite the page number; and to distinguish it from the page number it is preceded by the printer's section mark Consequently, a reference such as 16, page 26, will be readily found by looking along the inside edges of the headlines until §16 is found, and then through 16 until page 26 is found.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.