The Guide to Railway Masonry Containing a Complete Treatise on the Oblique Arch. In four parts.

Name: The Guide to Railway Masonry Containing a Complete Treatise on the Oblique Arch. In four parts.
Author: Peter Nicholson

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Third edition. Revised and corrected throughout by R. Cowen, Esq. Sympathetically rebound in 20th century 3/4 calf with marbled boards, a near fine copy, with light foxing to the pages. 42 full page plates (some fiolding).

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Working from earlier examples and experience, Peter Nicholson began using mathematics and scientific principles to teach and write about construction. This is his last, very influential book, explaining the geometry behind the oblique arch, how to determine the calculations necessary for its design, and how to cut the masonry to perfectly erect the arch. It is at the beginning of scientific engineering.

Sympathetically rebound in 20th century 3/4 calf with marbled boards, a near fine copy, with light foxing to the pages.

CA$225

Author Peter Nicholson

Date 1846

Binding 3/4 tan calf and marbled boards

Publisher London: Groombridge & Sons

Illustrator The author

Condition Fine copy

Pages lxviii + 57 pp. + 1 p. ad at front.

Price: £130.00

Offered by Wilfrid de Freitas

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