The American House Carpenters' and Joiners' Assistant: Being a New and Easy System of Lines, Founded on Geometrical Principles, for Cutting Every Description of Joints, and for Framing the Most Difficult Roofs; to which is Added a Complete Treatise on Mathematical Instruments. Also, Mensuration, Tables of the Weights and Cohesive Strength of the Several Materials Used in the Construction of Buildings, &c |
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| Title | The American House Carpenters' and Joiners' Assistant: Being a New and Easy System of Lines, Founded on Geometrical Principles, for Cutting Every Description of Joints, and for Framing the Most Difficult Roofs; to which is Added a Complete Treatise on Mathematical Instruments. Also, Mensuration ... |
| Author | Lucius D. Gould |
| Publisher | D. Burgess, 1853 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 136 pages |
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