The Rudiments of Architecture and Building: For the Use of Architects, Builders, Draughtsmen, Machinists, Engineers and Mechanics (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Rudiments of Architecture and Building: For the Use of Architects, Builders, Draughtsmen, Machinists, Engineers and MechanicsThis book originally appeared in two volumes, "The History and Rudiments of Architecture," and "Rudiments of the Art of Building." Whatever errors they may have contained have been corrected in this "Revised Edition," and much new matter and many new engravings have been added. The book is now uniform with "The American Cottage Builder."We have dealt freely with our authors - correcting where they mistook - extending where we thought they were not clear - curtailing where we imagined they were too profuse in their remarks - and rejecting those illustrations and allusions which possess no interest to the American reader.In the various departments, we have made free use of Weale's Series, copying from it such information as seemed appropriate and valuable, sometimes using the very words, and at others simply condensing its information.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.