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Lightweight construction

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• Building

• Air-supported structures
• Sheet-metal work

• Construction, Lightweight
• Light construction
• Light weight construction
• Minimum weight construction

• Air Supplied (second PDF edition; Punctum Books, 2018), contrib. by David Cross (PDF with commentary at Punctum Books)

• Essentials of Sheet Metal Work and Pattern Drafting (Chicago: F. J. Drake and co. c1918), by James S. Daugherty
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Modern Sheet-Metal Workers' Instructor: Practical Geometry, Mensuration, Properties of Metals and Alloys (Chicago: F. J. Drake and Co., 1906), by Joseph H. Rose
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Sheet Metal Worker's Instructor: For Zinc, Sheet Iron, Copper, and Tin Plate Workers, and Others, Containing a Selection of Geometrical Problems, Also Practical and Simple Rules for Describing The Various Patterns Required in the Different Branches of the Above Trades (6th edition; Philadelphia: H. C. Baird and Co., 1906), by Reuben Henry Warn (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Sheet Metal Workers' Manual: A Complete, Practical Instruction Book on the Sheet Metal Industry, Machinery and Tools, and Related Subjects, Including the Oxy-Acetylen Welding and Cutting Process (Chicago: F. J. Drake and Co., c1918), by L. Broemel and James S. Daugherty (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Sheet Metal Pattern Layouts: A Practical, Illustrated Treatise Covering All Phases of Sheet Metal Work Including Pattern Cutting and Pattern Development, for All Sheet Metal Workers, Layout Men, Mechanics and Artisans (New York: T. Audel and Co., c1953), by Edwin P. Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nuevo Metodo de Trazado de Plantillas para Trabajos en Laminas Metalicas (in Spanish; Mexico: Secretaria de Educacion Publica, 1922), by Francisco Morán (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Essentials of Sheet Metal Work and Pattern Drafting (Chicago: F. J. Drake and co. c1918), by James S. Daugherty
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Die Casting (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill Book. Co., 1951), by H. H. Doehler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Condensed Practical Aids for the Experienced Die Engineer, Die Designer, and Die Maker (Chicago: "Die Techniques", c1949), by James E. Antonidis (page images at HathiTrust)
• High-Pressure Die Casting: A Design Guide for Engineers (Vernon, CA: H. L. (Red) Harvill Mfg. Co., 1945), by H. L. Harvill and Paul Roe Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)

• Die Casting (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill Book. Co., 1951), by H. H. Doehler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Condensed Practical Aids for the Experienced Die Engineer, Die Designer, and Die Maker (Chicago: "Die Techniques", c1949), by James E. Antonidis (page images at HathiTrust)
• High-Pressure Die Casting: A Design Guide for Engineers (Vernon, CA: H. L. (Red) Harvill Mfg. Co., 1945), by H. L. Harvill and Paul Roe Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)

• Specimen Book of Printing Types (1858), by Chas. T. White & Co. (page images at ohiomemory.org)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Mechanic's Companion (Philadelphia: P. Bell, 1853), by Peter Nicholson (multiple formats at Google)
• La Higiene Aplicada en las Construcciones (Alcantarillado, Agua Potable, Saneamiento, Calefacción, Ventilación, etc.) (3 volumes in Spanish; Santiago de Chile: Impr. Cervantes, 1909-1910), by Ricardo Larraín Bravo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Bungalow Book (New York: Macmillan, 1923), by Charles E. White (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)

• A Non-Computer Approach to the Critical Path Method for the Construction Industry (second edition; Stanford: Dept. of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1962), by John W. Fondahl (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Modern Builder's Guide (New York: Paine and Burgess, 1846), by Minard Lafever
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Technics and Architecture: The Development of Materials and Systems for Building (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, c1992), by Cecil D. Elliott (PDF files at MIT)

• Informes de la Construcción (partial serial archives)
• American Builder (1917-1969) (partial serial archives)
• Građevinar (partial serial archives)
• House and Home (partial serial archives)
• The Architectural Forum (partial serial archives)
• Construction Methods and Equipment (partial serial archives)
• The Contractor (partial serial archives)
• The Manufacturer and Builder (partial serial archives)
• The Builder (architecture journal, 19th and 20th centuries) (partial serial archives)
• Successful Construction Methods (full serial archives)
• Successful Methods (1919-1926) (full serial archives)
• American Carpenter and Builder (partial serial archives)
• The Architect (partial serial archives)
• The Architectural Magazine (1834-1839), ed. by J. C. Loudon (full serial archives)
• The Brickbuilder (full serial archives)
• The Building News and Engineering Journal (partial serial archives)
• Scientific American Building Monthly (partial serial archives)
• Cement Age (full serial archives)
• Deutsche Bauzeitung (partial serial archives)

• Construction Site Planning and Logistical Operations: Site-Focused Management for Builders (second edition; West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2025), ed. by Randy R. Rapp and Bradley L. Benhart (PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)

• Structural Models for Architectural and Engineering Education (Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963), by Peter Jan Pahl and Keto Soosaar (page images at HathiTrust)

• Construction Site Planning and Logistical Operations: Site-Focused Management for Builders (second edition; West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2025), ed. by Randy R. Rapp and Bradley L. Benhart (PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)

• Alcoa Structural Handbook: A Design Manual for Aluminum (revised edition; Pittsburgh: Aluminum Company of America, c1958), by Aluminum Company of America (page images at HathiTrust)

• Inspection and Other Strategies for Assuring Quality in Government Construction (1991), by National Research Council Building Research Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Materials of Engineering Construction: Civil Engineering 8 (UC extension correspondence course in 30 assignments; 1922), by Clement T. Wiskocil
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Construction Site Planning and Logistical Operations: Site-Focused Management for Builders (second edition; West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2025), ed. by Randy R. Rapp and Bradley L. Benhart (PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)

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