A.W. Sylvester | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

MODERN CARPENTRY BUILDING HALF-TONE VIEWS OF BEAUTIFUI, MODERN RESIDENCES. MODERN CONSTRUCTION. INTRODUCTION. - 7 Fotll-teeu years ngo 1111. I o l - t s C. KIPI- N KIC S O M PAKIOS ASH l31.11,1 1 i - I I E W LS issl ecl, a11 1 has s i c e met vith n s de of tell tlrorls li tl col ies wllich, co isid - e ing the fact that it llns 1 ec. n ttlvertisetl 1, ut vel-v little itrcleetl. shows that it met a w int. Soirle cotlq l ti tl 1l ts been 11iaile that tlre illtistrntiol s did not nl v ys colllr opposite the clescril tiot s, a nd lllany irnve espressecl n It.-sire for a much larger rurnl eorf floor 1 larls of i1lot1e1.11 resicle lces, a ccoiul liet1l y elevatio osr persl, cctires to sllow the general s t d e o f exterior fillis11 others wn ltetl cotnl letef raining plnns nlrtl sl ecifications. For 111anv reasons it 113s beell teemed lest to reruoc1eI ant1 add to this l Ooli, thus bi i giiltl gli p to date, ancl meeting most of the al ore nlelltio red reqrlire neirts, nntl to disti lgoisht his revised 1 oolc from the former one, it llns beeil ciecided to call it. I t inust not be inferred t1l t tilis is a tllorouglr, coinplete and esllarlstive work oil carpeo try, denli ng with framing odd siraped structures, groioed arches, a l d tlre like. There are a nti nhero f excellent works of that ltinci nlready in tlre mnrke t, altllongll their 1 rices are a little beyo rdt he reaclr of some. nncl a college ctlucatio i n tile higher nlatllelnatics seems almost a requisite i l l order to thoroughly master some of then. This book is intended 2s an aid to the workn an in the numerous illstances that are daily or constai tlyo ccnrri p, either where some detail has slipl etl li is inind ill solne of themetliods of layiug ont work, or snggestioos ill doiug kinds of work with which he may not llave had esperieilce, or in making up estimates, etc., etc., - a veritable handy book to be carried in his coat pocket or in his bos of tools, ready for instant reference, not left at hoine. Soine workmen seem to consider it a sign of iguorance for a mall to boy a 1, oolr on carpentry, and thev will sav with a sneer that they did not learn their trade from a Imoli, some of them 1 y their work giving ample evidence that they never learned their trade at all while doctors, lawyers and ministers, - college graduates, - m110 lmve llad special training to fit them for their duties, are coi stai tly referring to their books, the ignorant workmno feels affronted when offered a work treating on his liue of bosiness but the intelligent, wide-awake, up-to-date workman is always on the watch for new points - short cuts ill doing work, and doing it right the jirst time, and lie hat1 just as soon learn new points from R book if it is written by a practical workman - one who kl on-sw liat lie is tnlk ing aboot as to learn it throng11 another man, - and perllaps the other man Inay be n back number and has forgotten some of it himself. We have tholiglit best to scatter the views of resideuces tllroughout the book possibly some will not like tliis, and while some of the floor plaos in the baclr pait of this book Inay not exactly match some of the elevations, they will give x verv fair itlea f ow hicnh s icha dditions or nltei ations call be 111nde as coston eio r 1 riilders illay desire, --tlrev are offeined 1noi. e ns suggestioi sth an ns work ing plans, altllough they can be used to bnild fi-oln by anyintelligeilt wolskman. If it is desired to ascertain di neiisionso f details of finish froin the photogmplis of i...