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Page 10 - Building," &c. With 61 Plates, Portrait of the Author, and several Woodcuts. In One large Vol., 410, cloth £1 5s. "Ought to be in every architect's and every builder's library. "—Builder. "A work whose monumental excellence must commend it wherever skilful carpentry is concerned. The author's principles are rather confirmed than impaired by time. The additional plates are of great intrinsic value."— Building News, WOODWORKING MACHINERY.
Page 4 - DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY, an Elementary Treatise on; with a Theory of Shadows and of Perspective, extracted from the French of G. MONGE. To which is added, a description of the Principles and Practice of Isometrical Projection ; the whole being intended as an introduction to the Application of Descriptive Geometry to various branches of the Arts.
Page 5 - WARINGTON W. SMYTH, MA, FRS, &c., Chief Inspector of the Mines of the Crown and of the Duchy of Cornwall.
Page 1 - Many of the methods given are of extreme practical value to the mason, and the observations on the form of arch, the rules for ordering the stone, and the construction of the templates, will be found of considerable use. We commend the book to the engineering profession, and to all who have to build similar shafts.
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Page 76 - CONSTRUCTING COMMON ROADS, by HENRY LAW, CE, revised and condensed by D. KINNEAR CLARK, CE ; II. RECENT PRACTICE, including pavements of Stone, Wood, and Asphalte.
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Page 21 - Physical Geology," which sets forth the Leading Principles of the Science; and "Historical Geology," which treats of the Mineral and Organic Conditions of the Earth at each successive epoch, especial reference being made to the British Series of Rocks. By RALPH TATE.
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Page 19 - We can do no other than pronounce this work a most valuable manual of astronomy, and we strongly recommend it to all who wish to acquire a general — but at the same time correct— acquaintance with this sublime science.