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Building -- Early works to 1800

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• Building
• Early works to 1800

• 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)

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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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

• Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage: Transfer of Blast-Effects Mitigation Technologies from Military to Civilian Applications (1995), by National Research Council Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Brick and Tile Engineering: Handbook of Design (Washington: Structural Clay Products Institute, 1957), by Harry C. Plummer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Building Construction: Showing the Employment of Brickwork and Masonry in the Practical Construction of Buildings (2 volumes; London and Glasgow: W. Collins, Sons, and Co., 1877), by Robert Scott Burn (page images at HathiTrust)

• Plank-And-Beam Framing for Residential Buildings (c2003), by American Wood Council (PDF at awc.org)

• Modern Carpentry: A Practical Manual (second edition, 2 volumes in 1; Chicago: F. J. Drake and Co., 1938), by Fred T. Hodgson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Amateur Carpenter (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1915), by A. Hyatt Verrill (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Carpentry for Boys, in Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture (New York: New York Book Co., c1914), by J. S. Zerbe
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Cassell's Carpentry and Joinery (Philadelphia: D. McKay, 1907), ed. by Paul N. Hasluck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jobbing Work for the Carpenter (New York: D. Williams Co., 1914), by E. H. Crussell (multiple formats at Google)
• A Manual of Carpentry and Joinery (London and New York: Macmillan, 1905), by J. W. Riley
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Modern Carpentry: A Practical Manual (Chicago: F. J. Drake and Co., c1902), by Fred T. Hodgson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Our Workshop: Being a Practical Guide to the Amateur in the Art of Carpentry and Joinery (New York: T. O'Kane, 1873) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Practical Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet-Making: Being a New and Complete System of Lines for the Use of Workmen, Founded on Accurate Geometrical and Mechanical Principles (London: Printed for T. Kelly, 1826), by Peter Nicholson (multiple formats at Google)
• Woodworking for Beginners: A Manual for Amateurs (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906), by Charles G. Wheeler (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Cabinetwork and Joinery: Comprising Designs and Details of Construction, With 2,021 Working Drawings and Twelve Coloured Plates (London et al.: Cassell and Co., ca. 1907), by Paul N. Hasluck
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Mechanic's Companion (Philadelphia: P. Bell, 1853), by Peter Nicholson (multiple formats at Google)
• The Home Mechanic: A Manual for Industrial Schools and Amateurs (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1905), by John Wright
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Practice of Architecture: Containing the Five Orders of Architecture, and an Additional Column and Entablature, With All Their Elements and Details Explained and Illustrated, For the Use of Carpenters and Practical Men (Boston: The author; et al, 1833), by Asher Benjamin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Woodwork Joints: How They Are Set Out, How Made and Where Used (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., n.d.), by William Fairham (multiple formats at archive.org)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.