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• A booke of sundry draughtes principaly serving for glasiers: and not impertinent for plasterers, and gardiners: be sides sundry other professions. Whereunto is annexed the manner how to anniel in glas: and also the true forme of the fornace, and the secretes thereof. (London : Printed in Shoolane, at the signe of the Faulcon by Walter Dight, 1615), by Walter Gedde (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• Glas im Bau und als Gebrauchsgegenstand; 187 Abbildungen. (E. Pollak, 1929), by Arthur Korn (page images at HathiTrust)
• 52 designs to modernize Main street with glass. (Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, 1935), by Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hazard analysis of injuries involving architectural glass .... (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bureau of Epidemiology, 1974), by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Bureau of Epidemiology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thermal comfort requirement adjacent to cold walls : application to glazed opening (National Bureau of Standards :, 1972), by J. Anquez, M. Croiset, and Centre scientifique et technique du bâtiment (France) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glass as an architectural medium in 9 small modern houses at a century of progress, 1933-4 (Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co., 1934), by Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glazing manual : specifications for installation of flat glass (The Association, 1958), by Flat Glass Jobbers Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glasarchitektur (Verlag der Sturm, 1914), by Paul Scheerbart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Translucent masonry of Owens-Illinois insulux glass building blocks. (Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Insulux Division, 1935), by Owens-Illinois Glass Company. Insulux Division, Alfred J. Bagley, Don Graf, and Pencil points. Service Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Patent roof glazing & iron roofs. (W.H. Heywood & Co., 1900), by W.H. Heywood & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Luminous architectural elements (General Electric Co., 1931), by Wentworth M. Potter, Phelps Meaker, and General Electric Company. Nela Park Engineering Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Carrara : modern structural glass (Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., 1930), by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glass blocks : a modular product : illustrating many and varied uses of PC glass block construction in commercial and public buildings, schools and hospitals. (Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, 1947), by Pittsburgh Corning (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical, money-saving material for industry construction (Pittsburgh, Pa. : Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, 1946., 1946), by Pittsburgh Corning (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mark of a modern building : PC glass blocks : a modular product (Pittsburgh, Pa. : Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, 1947., 1947), by Pittsburgh Corning (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glass gardens as we know them. ([Lord & Burnham Co.], 1920), by Lord & Burnham Co (page images at HathiTrust)

• Carrara : modern structural glass (Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., 1930), by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical, money-saving material for industry construction (Pittsburgh, Pa. : Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, 1946., 1946), by Pittsburgh Corning (page images at HathiTrust)

• Butt-Joint Glazing. (Libbey-Owens-Ford Company, 1960), by Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• Advance sheets from U-Bar greenhouses : catalogue edition number three (Pierson U-Bar Co., 1913), by Pierson U-Bar Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• American standard revolving doors (Chicago : American Revolving Door Co., 1913., 1913), by American Revolving Door Co (page images at HathiTrust)

• American standard revolving doors (Chicago : American Revolving Door Co., 1913., 1913), by American Revolving Door Co (page images at HathiTrust)

• Arcadia detail packet. (Arcadia Metal Products, 1958), by Arcadia Metal Products (page images at HathiTrust)

• NIJ standard for physical security of sliding glass door units : a voluntary national standard (The Institute :, 1980), by Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hospital air-conditioning costs (U.S. Public Health Service, Division of Hospital and Medical Facilities, Architectural and Engineering Branch, 1965), by Kenneth L. Credle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Use of hemispherical beads as pavement marking retroreflectors. Final report. (1975), by K. Vedam and L. Shuler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopédie-Roret. Peintre en bâtiments, vitrier, doreur argenteur et vernisseur (Roret, 1851), by Jean René Denis Riffault des Hêtres, Claude Jacques Toussaint, and A. D. Vergnaud (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glass and glazing (The Manual arts press, 1926), by Emanuel E. Ericson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of a test method to evaluate the penetration resistance of high-security glazing subjected to mechanical impact and heat (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1986), by Lawrence I. Knab and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Test method for the evaluation of the penetration resistance of high-security glazing subjected to a combined attack of heat and mechanical impact (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1989), by Sidney Fischler, Lawrence I. Knab, and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manuel du peintre en batimens,du fabricant de couleurs,du vitrier,du doreur,du vernisseur, et de l'argenteur. (Roret, 1831), by A. D. Vergnaud (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Ofen- und Glasurfabrikation nach dem jetzigen Stande dieser Industrie : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der weissen und farbigen Schmelzöfen und der altdeutschen Majolika-Oefen, nebst den hierzu passenden Glasuren : für Ofenfabrikanten, Töpfermeister und deren Gehilfen dargestellt (B.F. Voigt, 1896), by Fr Brömse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nouveau manuel complet du peintre en bâtiments : du fabricant de couleurs, du doreur, du vernisseur, du vitrier et de l'argenteur : contenant tourt ce qui a rapport à ces différents arts , la fabrication et la pose des papiers de tenture, les enduits hydrofuges, le nettoyage, le rentoilage et la restauration des tableaux à l'huile, la transposition des gravures sur le bois et sur le verre, etc. (Roret, 1843), by Jean René Denis Riffault des Hêtres, F. Malepeyre, and A. D. Vergnaud (page images at HathiTrust)
• Moderne Entwürfe für Kunstverglasung und Glasmalerei. (F. Toussaint, 1911) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Preserving historic corridor doors and glazing in high-rise buildings (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources, Heritage Preservation Services, 2001), by Chad Randl and United States. National Park Service. Heritage Preservation Division (page images at HathiTrust)

• Advances in glazing materials for windows. (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse, 1994), by Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Pain's British Palladio: or, The Builder's General Assistant (London: I. and J. Taylor, 1788), by William Pain (page images at Wisconsin)
• The Practical House Carpenter; or the Youth's Instructor (London: William Pain, 1792), by William Pain (page images at Wisconsin)
• The Five Orders of Architecture (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, c1889), by Vignola, trans. by Tommaso Juglaris and Warren S. Locke (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Five Orders of Architecture According to Giacoma Barozzio of Vignola, to Which Are Added the Greek Orders (second edition; New York: W. T. Comstock, 1896), by Vignola, ed. by Arthur Lyman Tuckerman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vignola: an elementary treatise on architecture comprising the complete study of the five orders, with indication of their shadows and the first principles of construction (J.H. Jansen, 1929), by Vignola, William Robert Powell, and Pierre Esquié (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vignola: an elementary treatise on architecture comprising the complete study of the five orders, with indication of their shadows and the first principles of construction (O., J. H. Jansen, 1923), by Vignola, William Robert Powell, and Pierre Esquié (page images at HathiTrust)
• The five orders of architecture; the casting of shadows and the first principles of construction, based on the system of Vignola (Bates & Guild co., 1890), by Vignola and Pierre Esquié (page images at HathiTrust)
• Architecture pratique : qui comprend la construction générale & particuliere des bâtimens; le détail, les toisé & devis de chaque partie; savior, maçonnerie, charpenterie, couverture, menuiserie, serrurerie, vitrerie, plomberie, peinture d'impression, dorure, sculpture, marbrerie, miroiterie, poëlerie, &c. &c. ; avec une explication et une conférence de trente-six articles de la coutume de Paris, sur le titre des servitudes & rapports qui concernent les bâtimens & de l'ordonnance de 1673 (A Paris : Chez les Libraires associés, M.DCC.LXVIII., 1768), by Pierre Bullet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le guide de ceux qui veulent bâtir : ouvrage dans lequel on donne les renseignemens nécessaires pour se conduire lors de la construction, & prévenir les fraudes qui peuvent s'y glisser (L'Auteur ... ; Chez Benoit Morin, Libraire ; A Jombert jeune ..., 1786), by Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières (page images at HathiTrust)
• A key to civil architecture; or, The universal British builder ... To which is added, a treatise of arithmetick ... (Printed for the author, by I. Moore and Co., 1774), by Thomas Skaife (page images at HathiTrust)
• Architectvre de Philibert De L'Orme ... Oeuure entiere contenant vnze liures, augmentée de deux; & autres figures non encore veuës; tant pour desseins qu'ornemens de maison. Avec vne belle invention povr bien bastir, & à petits frais. (Chez David Ferrand, 1648), by Philibert de L'Orme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Novvelles inventions povr bien bastir et a petits fraiz (De l'Imprimerie de Hierosme de Marnes, & Guillaume Cauellat, 1576), by Philibert de L'Orme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arte y uso de arquitectura (Por D. Placido Barco López, 1796), by Fray Lorenzo de San Nicolás, Plácido Barco López, and Euclid (page images at HathiTrust)
• Architecture pratique : qui comprend la construction générale et particuliere des bâtimens, le détail, les toisé et devis de chaque partie ... : avec une explication et une conférence de trente-six articles de la coutume de Paris, sur le titre des servitudes & rapports qui concernent les bâtimens, & de l'ordonnance de 1673 (Chez Alexandre Jombert jeune, libraire pour l'artillerie & la génie, les mathématiques & l'architecture, 1780), by Pierre Bullet and Alexandre Jombert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geometria famigliare, et instrvttione practica (Per Gio. Pietro Zanni, 1671), by Alessandro Capra and Giovanni Pietro Zanni (page images at HathiTrust)
• Novvelles inventions povr bien bastir et a petits fraiz (De l'imprimerie de Federic Morel ..., 1561), by Philibert de L'Orme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Œuures de Philibert de l'Orme (Chez Regnauld Chaudiere ..., 1626), by Philibert de L'Orme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Statica degli edifici (Presso Giuseppe Campo, 1781), by Vincenzo Lamberti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Builder's magazine (Printed by T. Maiden ... for E. Newbery, Vernor and Hood, and H.D. Symonds, 1800), by John Carter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maniere de bastir pour touttes sortes de personnes (Claude Jombert ... :, 1725), by Pierre Le Muet and Claude Jombert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of sound building, demonstrated in geometrical problems : shewing geometrical lines for all kinds of arches, niches, groins, and twisted rails, both regular and irregular : with several other draughts of buildings and staircases : all curiously engraven on copper plates : wherein are laid down (suited to every capacity) easy practical methods for carpenters, joiners, masons, or bricklayers, to work by (Printed by Sam. Aris for the Author ... [and 9 others], 1725), by William Halfpenny and Benjamin Cole (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopédie contenant une description abregée des principaux arts et metiers, et des instrumens qui leurs sont propres : le tout détaillée par figures avec de nouvelles augmentations. (Chez Crepy rue S. Jacques à S. Pierre près la rue de la Parcheminierie, 1774), by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guélard, Martin Marvie, 18th cent Laury, and Crépy (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Segvnda ynpresion de la primera parte del arte y uso de architetura (Por Bernardo de Hervada, 1667), by Fray Lorenzo de San Nicolás, Bernardo de Hervada, and Euclid (page images at HathiTrust)
• Builder's complete assistant (Printed for I. and J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1790), by Batty Langley, T. Langley, Andrea Palladio, and England) I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library (London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trattato della misura delle fabbriche di Giuseppe Antonio Alberti, Bolognese : nel quale si espone la misura delle superficie di tutti i solidi, e di ogni spezie di volte : con un appendice del modo di misurare le vasche i legnaj i fienili i grani, ec., oltre alcune memorie levate dalla storia della Reale Accademia di Parigi attenenti alla misura delle volte e ad estinguere gli incendi a misurare le botti e ad altri generi aderenti alle fabbriche (Firenze : Nella Tipografia di Luigi Pezzati, 1822., 1822), by Giuseppe Antonio Alberti and Baldassarre Orsini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Youth's instructor (Printed for J. Taylor, 1815), by William Pain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traitté des cinq ordres d'architecture dont se sont servi les anciens (Chez Henry Wetstein, 1682), by Andrea Palladio, Henricus Wetstein, and Pierre Le Muet (page images at HathiTrust)
• The carpenters complete instructor in several hundred designs, consisting of domes, trussed roofs, and various cupolas : with the methods of securing them on the roofs for churches, chapels, houses, and other buildings : shewing the most approved manner of lighting stair-cases with various sorts of lanthorns in a new and elegant taste : explaining the manner of piecing beams, or plating, or any sort of bandage for timber spires for churches, &c., truss partitions, framing of flooring, trussing of beams, angle brackets, cornices, coving, form of groins, hips, &c. : to which is annexed, a great variety of timber bridges, of various dimensions (Printed for Robert Sayer ..., 1768), by Abraham Swan and Robert Sayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kupfer-Sammlung zu D. Gilly's Handbuch der Land-Bau-Kunst (Braunschweig : Bei Friedrich Vieweg, [1821?], 1821), by David Gilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le guide de ceux qui veulent batir : ouvrage dans lequel on donne les renseignemens nécessaires pour réussir dans cet art, & prévenir les fraudes qui pourroient s'y glisser ([s.n.], 1781), by Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'architecture pratique, qui comprend le détail du toisé, & du devis des ouvrages de massonerie, charpenterie, menuiserie, serrurerie, plomberie, vitrerie, ardoise, tuille, pavé de grais & impression, avec vne explication de la covtvme, sur le titre des servitudes & rapports qui regardent les bastimens... (Chez Estienne Michallet, 1691), by Pierre Bullet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Architecture pratique (Didot, fils aîné, 1792), by Pierre Bullet and Charles Séguin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Description abregée des principaux arts et metiers et des instrumens qui leurs sont propres, le tout détaillée par figures. (Chez Guélard ... et ches la veuve de P. Fessard ..., 1743), by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guélard, Sébastien Le Clerc, Martin Marvie, and 18th cent Laury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Architectura civilis, oder, Beschreibung und Vorreissung vieler vornehmer Dachwerck, als hoher Helmen, Creutzdächer, Wiederkehrungen, welscher Hauben, auch Kelter, Fallbrücken : item allerley Pressen, Schnecken oder Windelstiegen und andern dergleichen mechanischen Fabrichen : alles mit höchsten Fleiss zusammen getragen, und der lieben Jugend, sonderlich aber allen Kunstliebhabern der Architectur zu Nutz und Dienst an Tag gegeben (In verlegung Paul Fürstens seel. Wittib und Erben :, 1675), by Johann Wilhelm, Peter Troschel, and Paul Fürstens Witwe und Erben (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anleitung zur bürgerlichen Bau-Kunst (Bey Johann Andreas Pfeffel, Kunstverleger, 1764), by Johann Friedrich Penther (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maniere de bastir : pour touttes sortes de personnes (Chez Melchior Tauernier ..., 1623), by Pierre Le Muet, Melchior Tavernier, and Jean Marot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Premier tome de l'architecture (Chez Federic Morel..., 1567), by Philibert de L'Orme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pain's British Palladio, or, The builder's general assistant ... (Printed for I. and J. Taylor, 1793), by William Pain and James Pain (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of fair building: represented in the figures of several uprights of houses, with their ground-plots, fitting for persons of several qualities. Wherein is divided each room and office according to their most convenient occasion, with their heights, depths, lengths, and breadths according to proportion. With rules and directions for the placing of the doors, vvindows, chimnies, beds, stairs, and other conveniencies; with their just measures for the best advantage both of commodiousness, health, strength, and ornament. Also a description of the names and proportions of the members belonging to the framing of the timber-work, with directions and examples for the placing of them. (Printed for Robert Pricke, 1670), by Pierre Le Muet and Robert Pricke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ein hundert und vierzig Kupfertafeln zum Praktischen Baubeamten der zweyten verbesserten Auflage vom Jahre 1800 (Gedruckt bey Ignaz Alberti's Witwe, 1800), by Mathias Fortunat Koller and Carl Hermann Pfeiffer (page images at HathiTrust)
• An apology for the builder, or, A discourse shewing the cause and effects of the increase of building (London : Printed by Cave Pullen ..., 1685), by Nicholas Barbon (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Just and legal exceptions against the late act For preventing multiplicity of buldings erected within the suburbs of the City of London, and ten miles thereof, since March 1620. ([London : s.n., 1657?]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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