i8 WORKS ON CARPENTRY, TIMBER, ETC., 



CARPENTRY, TIMBER, MECHANICS. 



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TredgolcT s Carpentry, new and cheaper Edition, 



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. Edited by Peter Barlow, F.R.S. Fifth Edition, cor- 

 rected and enlarged. With 64 Plates (i i of which now first appear 

 in this edition), Portrait of the Author, and several Woodcuts. In 

 I vol., 4to, published at 2/. 2J-., reduced to i/. ^s., cloth. 

 "*TredgoId's Carpentry' ought to be in every architect's and every builder's 



library, and those who do not already possess it ought to avail themselves of the new 



issue. " — Builder. 



"A work whose monumental excellence must commend it wherever skilful car- 

 pentry is concerned. The Author's principles are rather confirmed than impaired by 

 time, and, as now presented, combine the surest base with the most interesting display 

 of progressive science. The additional plates are of great intrinsic value." — Building^ 

 News. 



Grandys Timber Tables. 



THE TIMBER IMPORTER'S, TIMBER MERCHANT'S, 

 and BUILDER'S STANDARD GUIDE. By Richard E. 

 Grandy. Comprising : — An Analysis of Deal Standards, Hom^e 

 and Foreign, with comparative Values and Tabular Arrangements 

 for Fixing Nett Landed Cost on Baltic and North American Deals, 

 including all intermediate Expenses, Freight, Insurance, &c., &c. ; 

 together with Copious Information for the Retailer and Builder. 

 Second Edition. Carefully revised and corrected. i2mo, 3^-. 6<^. 

 cloth. 



** Everything it pretends to be : built up gradually, it leads one from a forest to a 

 treenail, and throws in, as a makeweight, a host of material concerning bricks, columns, 

 cisterns, &c. — all that the class to whom it appeals requires." — English Mechanic. 



" The only difficulty we have is as to what is not in its pages. What we have tested 

 of the contents, taken at random, is invariably correct." — Illustrated Builder' s Journal. 



Tables for Packing-Case Makers, 



PACKING-CASE TABLES ; showing the number of Superficial 

 Feet in Boxes or Packing -Cases, from six inches square and 

 upwards. Compiled by William Richardson, Accountant. 

 Second Edition. Oblong 4to, 3i". 6^^., cloth. \jfust Published. 



"Will save much labour and calculation to packing-case makers and those who use 

 packing-cases." — Grocer. ** Invaluable labour-saving tables." — Irorimonger. 



Nicholsons Carpenter s Guide, 



THE CARPENTER'S NEW GUIDE ; or, BOOK of LINES 

 for CARPENTERS : comprising all the Elementary Principles 

 essential for acquiring a knowledge of Carpentry. Founded on the 

 late Peter Nicholson's standard work. A new Edition, revised 

 by Arthur Ashpitel, F.S.A., together with Practical Rules on 

 Drawing, by George Pyne. With 74 Plates, 4to, i/. \s, cloth. 



