Practical Masonry; A Guide to the Art of Stone Cutting, Comprising the Construction, Setting-Out, and Working of Stairs, Circular Work, Arches, Niches

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...is a branch of physics upon which the engineer or architect can find but little reliable and comprehensive data in books."--Builder. Field Fortification. A Treatise On Field Fortification, The Attack of Fortresses, Military Mining, and Reconnoitring. By Professor Colonel I. S. Macaulay. Sixth Edition, crown 8vo, with separate Atlas of 12 Plates, lit, cloth. MR. NUMBER'S GREAT WORK ON MODERN ENGINEERING. Complete in Four Volumes, imperial 4to, price 12 2s. half-morocco. Each volume sold separately as follows: --A RECORD OF THE PROGRESS OF MODERN ENGINEERING. First Series. Comprising Civil, Mechanical, Marine, Hydraulic, Railway, Bridge, and other Engineering Works, &c. By William Humber, A.-M. Inst. C.E., &c. Imp. 4to, with 36 Double Plates, drawn to a large scale, Photographic Portrait of John Hawkshaw, C.E., F.R.S., &c, and copious descriptive Letterpress, Specifications, &c, 3 3. half-morocco. List Of The Plates And Diagrams. Bridge Over The Thames, West London ExTension Railway (5 Plates); Armour Plates: Suspension Bridge, Thames (4 Plates); The Allen Engine; Suspension Bridge, Avon (3 Plates); Underground Railway (3 Plates). Victoria Station And Roof, L. B. & S. C. R. (8 Plates): Southport Pier (2 Plates); VicToria Station And Roof, L. C. & D. And G. W. R. (6 Plates); RoofOfcremorne Music Hall; Bridge Over G. N. Railway; Roof Of Station, Dutch Rhenish Rail 2 Plates); "Handsomely lithographed and printed. It will find favour with many who desire to preserve in a permanent form copies of the plans and specifications prepared for the guidance of the contractors for many important engineering works."--Engineer, HUMBER'S PROGRESS OF MODERN ENGINEERING. Second SeriesImp. 410, with 3 Double Plates, Photographic Portr...