The Modern House-Carpenter's Companion and Builder's Guide; being a hand-book for workmen, and a manual of reference for contractors and builders; giving rules for getting the lengths and finding the bevels for rafters for pitch, hip, and valley roofs; the construction of French and Mansard roofs; several forms of trusses, stairs, splayed and circular work, etc.; table of braces, sizes and weights of window sash, and frames for the same; table of board, plank, and scantling measure, etc. also information for the convenience of builders and contractors in making estimates; making the most comprehensive work for the price yet published
Boston, MA: A. Williams and Company, 1883. Eighth Thousand, Enlarged; Subscription Edition. Cloth over Boards, gilt lettering. Small octavo, pp. 210, indexed, includes 45 full page b/w plates. Original owner signed the front endpaper in pencil. Many workmen in the 19th century carried with them a small memo book, in..... More