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The Technology of historic American buildings : studies of the materials, craft processes, and the mechanization of building construction H. Ward Jandl, editor
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks TH 23 .T431 1983
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historic buildings--United States.
- Historic buildings.
- Building.
- Building materials.
- Physical Description:
- 224 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Published by the Foundation for Preservation Technology for the Association for Preservation Technology, 1983.
- Contents:
- The historic development of hand forged iron builders' hardware / Donald Streeter
- Chicago balloon frame : the evolution during the 19th century of George W. Snow's system for erecting light frame buildings from dimension lumber and machine-made nails / Paul E. Sprague
- Inventing the I-beam : Richard Turner, Cooper & Hewitt and others / Charles E. Peterson
- Cast iron in American architecture : a synoptic view / Antoinette J. Lee
- The manufacture and use of architectural terra cotta in the United States / Robert C. Mack
- Decorative metal roofing in the United States / Mary B. Dierickx
- Economical painting : the tools and techniques used in exterior painting in the 19th century / Pamela W. Hawkes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical notes and index.
- OCLC:
- 11097112
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