[Tools]. Hodgson, Fred T.

The Carpenters' Steel Square, and Its Uses; being a description of the square, and its uses in obtaining the lengths and revels of all kinds of rafters, hips, groins, braces, brackets, purlins, collar-beams, and jack-rafters; also, its application in obtaining the bevels and cuts for hoppers, spring mouldings, octagons, stairs, diminished stiles, etc. etc. etc.

New York: Industrial Publication Company, 1883. Second edition, revised and greatly enlarged. Original Cloth, maroon w/gilded title. 12 mo, pp. viii, 95. Illustrated with over 70 woodcuts. 8 pages of trade advertisements at the back. A previous owner wrote many calculations in the front and rear endpapers in pencil. Good: stained cover, heavy corner and edgewear, loose hinges. Item #23702

A very early and scarce Hodgson title, one which shows the full functionality of the framing square. This edition added a number of solutions of mechanical problems.

Price: $85.00