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This section is from the book "Notes On Building Construction", by P.G.L. Smith. Also available from Amazon: Notes on building construction.
Arranged to meet the requirements of the Syllabus of the Science and Art Depart ment of the Committee of Council on Education, South Kensington.
Medium 8vo, with 325 woodcuts, 10s. 6d.
Chapter L.
WALLING AND ARCHES: Walls - Arches - Parts of Walls - Apertures in Walls - Wood built into Walls.
Chapter II (Bricks, Tiles, Terracotta, Etc).
BRICKWORK: Different Bonds - Junction of Walls at Right Angles - Gauged Work - Brick Arches - Arches over Openings in External Walls - Arches over Openings in Internal Walls - Jambs of Window and Door Openings - Parts of Brick Walls.
Chapter III (Limes, Cements, Mortar, Concrete, Plasters, And Asphaltes. Limes And Cements).
MASONRY: Walling - Stone Arches - Joints and Connections - Dressings.
Chapter IV (Metals).
CARPENTRY: Joints - Lapping - Fishing - Scarfing - Dovetails - Tenons - Cogging - Wedging, etc. etc. - Fastenings - Pins - Bolts - Straps - Shoes, etc
Chapter V (Timber).
FLOOR8: Classification - Girders - Wall Plates - Joists - Strutting - Trimming - Pvgging - Boarding - Joints - Ceiling Joists - Scantlings, etc.
Chapter VI (Paints And Varnishes).
PARTITIONS: Quartered Partitions - Framed with and without Doorways - Common Partition - Bricknogged Partition.
Chapter VII (Glass).
TIMBER ROOFS: Different Forms - Scantlings - Parts of a King-Post Roof - Scantlings-Roofs of Wood and Iron combined.
Chapter VIII (Paperhanging).
IRON ROOFS: Classification - Roofs with Straight Rafters - Parts of Iron Trusses - Dimrnsions.
Chapter IX (Miscellaneous).
SLATING: Pitch - Names of parts - Preparing and laying Slates - Eaves and Ridge Courses - Hips and Ridges - Slating for Iron Roofs - Shouldering - Rendering - Torching - Sizes and Weights of Slates - Wyatt's Patent Slating - Slate Slabs - Ornamental Slating - Open Slating.
Chapter X.
PLUMBER'S WORK: Laying Sheet Lead - Rolls - Nosings - Seams - Drips - Fixing Lead to Masonry - Lead Dots - Flashings - Lead Gutters - Zinc Gutters - Down Pipes - Ridges and Hips - Substitutes for Lead Flashings - Cisterns.
Chapter XI.
CAST-IRON GIRDERS, BRESSUMERS, and CANTILEVERS.
Chapter XII.
JOINERY: Beadings - Scribing - Chamfering, etc. - Joints of different kinds - Framing - Panelling of different kinds - Doors - hedged - Braced - Framed - Panelled, different kinds - Door Frames - Windows - Frames - Solid - Cased - Sashes, hung in different ways - Casements - Fixing Frames-Furniture.
Medium 8vo, with 300 woodcuts, 10s. 6d.
Arranged to meet the requirements of the Syllabus of the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, South Kensington.
Chapter XIII.
BRICKWORK AND MASONRY - Continued: Compound Walls - Prevention of Damp IN Walls - Air Drains - Damp-proof Course - Damp-proof Walls - Hollow Walls - Joints, different kinds - Various Bonds not mentioned in Part I. - Raking Bond - Garden Bond - Bond Courses - Brick Piers - Bond of Walls forming Obtuse and Acute Angles - Reveals with Splayed Jambs - Arches - Bond Timbers - Hoop Iron Bond - Brick Drains and Sewers - Chimneys - Arrangement of Flues - Chimney Shafts - Chimney Caps - Fireplaces - Hearths - Bond of Chimney Shafts - Stone Chimneys, etc. etc
Chapter XIV.
TIMBER ROOFS - Continued: King and Queen Post Boofs - Roofs for Spans greater than 60 feet-Roofs composed of Wood and Iron for Spans of more than 40 feet - Parts of a Quekn-Post Roof-Roofs of Various Shapes, and their Parts - Rules and Tarles for Scantling of Roof Timbers - Best Forms of Roofs for Different Spans.
Chapter XV.
ROOF COVERINGS - Continued: General Remarks - Pitch of Roofs - Slating - Tiles - Thatch - Iron - Lead - Copper - Zinc - Glass - Asphalted Felt.
Chapter XVI.
BUILT-UP BEAMS, CURVED RIBS, TIMBER AND IRON GIRDERS: Curved Ribs-Strenothening Timber Girders - Flitch Beams - Trussed Girders - Iron Girders - Cast Iron Girders - Wrought Iron Girders.
Chapter XVII.
CENTRES
Chapter XVIII.
JOINERY - Continued: Mouldings - Joints - Fixing Joiners' Work - Grounds - Architraves - Skirtings - Dado and Surbase - Linings - Shutters - Skylights and Lanterns.
Chapter XIX.
STAIRS: Different Forms of Stairs - Stone Stairs - Stone Steps - Square - Different Arrangements of Stone Stairs - Wooden Stairs - Porte of Wooden Stairs - Different Forms - Handrailing - Balusters - General Remarks on Planning Stairs.
Chapter XX.
RIVETING: Different Forms of Rivets - Proportions - Pitch - Riveted Joints - Different Forms-Comparative Strength of different kinds of Riveted Joints - Essentials of Good Riveting - Causes of Failure.
Chapter XXI.
FIREPROOF FLOORS: General Remarks - English Systems - French Systems.
Chapter XXII.
IRON ROOFS - Continued: Trussed Rafter Roofs - Queen Rod Roofs - Parts of Iron Roof Trusses - Lanterns and Ventilators - Coverings for Iron Roofs - Designing Iron Roofs - Table of Scantlings of Iron Roofs.
Chapter XXIII.
PLASTERERS' WORK: Materials used by the Plasterer - Lathing - Plastering - Rendering - Cornices, Mouldings, and Ornaments - Stucco - Selenitic Plaster - Rough Cast - Surfaces - Pugging - Scagliola
- Arrises.
Chapter XXIV.
PAINTING - PAPERHANGING - GLAZING: Materials used in Painting - Painting Woodwork-Painting Plaster - Painting Canvas and Paper - Clear Cole - Repainting Old Work - Painting Ironwork - Gilding - Paperhanging - Glazing.
Chapter XXV.
EXCAVATIONS - SHORING - SCAFFOLDING: Excavation - Shoring and Strutttno - Shoring Buildings - Scaffolding - Bricklayers' Scaffolds - Masons' Scaffolds - Special Scaffolds - Gantries - Derrick Cranes - Methods of securing stones to be lifted.
Chapter XXVI.
FOUNDATIONS: General Remarks - Characteristics of a good Foundation - Classification - Preliminary Operations - Incompressible Soils - Rock - Ground partly Hard and partly Soft - Gravel - Chalk - Clay - Soils requiring Lateral Confinement - Sand - Quicksand and Silt - Compressible Soils - Ordinary Earth or Soft Clay - Very Soft Soils - Concrete Foundations - Piles and Pile Foundations - Timber Piles - Pile Foundations - Causes of Failure of Pile Foundations - Iron Piles - Well Foundations - Pile Engines - Drawing Piles - Inverted Arches.
Continue to:
building, construction, asphaltes, bricks, cements, concrete, glass, limes, metals, mortar, paints, plasters, stone, terracotta, tiles, timber, varnishes
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