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The science of building : an elementary treatise on the principles of construction, especially adapted to the requirements of architectural students / by E. Wyndham Tarn.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1870 Tarn
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tarn, E. Wyndham (Edward Wyndham)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Building.
- Building materials.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 120 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Lockwood and Co., 1870.
- Contents:
- Mechanical principles
- Retaining walls
- Arches; cupolas
- Building stones
- Timber
- Iron
- Water contained in vessels and pipes.
- Notes:
- "Illustrated with forty-seven wood engravingings." -- title page
- "London: Printed by Spottiswoode & Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street." -- title page verso
- Errata slip laid in.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.
- OCLC:
- 8847668
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