| Title: | Builder's complete assistant |
| Alternate title: | The builder's complete assistant, or, A library of arts and sciences, absolutely necessary to be understood by builders and workmen in general : viz. I. Arithmetick, vulgar and decimal, in whole numbers and fractions. II. Geometry, lineal, superficial, and solid. III. Architecture, universal. IV. Mensuration. V. Plain trigonometry. VI. Surveying of land, &c. VII. Mechanick powers. VIII. Hydrostaticks : illustrated by above thirteen hundred examples of lines, superficies, solids, mouldings, pedestals, columns, pilasters, entablatures, pediments, imposts, block cornices, rustick quoins, frontispieces, arcades, porticos, &c. : proportioned by modules and minutes, according to Andrea Palladio, and by equal parts : likewise great varieties of trussed roofs, timber bridges, centerings, arches, groins, twisted rails, compartments, obelisks, vases, pedestals for bustos, sun-dials, fonts, &c. and methods for raising heavy bodies by the force of levers, pulleys, axes in peritrochio, screws, and wedges, as also water, by the common pump, crane, etc. : wherein the properties, and pressure of the air on water, &c. are explained : the whole exemplified by 77 large quarto copper-plates |
| Alternate title: | Library of arts and sciences, absolutely necessary to be understood by builders and workmen in general |
| Author: | Langley, Batty, 1696-1751 |
| Author: | Langley, T. (Thomas), 1702-1751 |
| Author: | Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580 |
| Author: | I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library (London, England) |
| Note: | Printed for I. and J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1790 |
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| Subject: | Architecture -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject: | Building -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject: | Engraving -- England -- 18th century |
| Subject: | Hydrostatics -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject: | Mathematics -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject: | Mechanics -- Early works to 1800 |
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