Practical Masonry: Art of Stone Cutting, Textbook on CD

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222 Pages

Practical Masonry: A Textbook of Stone Cutting

5th Edition

This work has been compiled, not with the view of superseding any of the works already published dealing with the architectural or geometrical side of the stone-cutter's art, but as a means of introducing the student of Masonry to the practical work of everyday life in workshop and on the building. It has no pretensions to instruct skilled workmen, but is intended to initiate young beginners in craft into the rules and principles of good masonry. It is the result of many years' attentive observation and practical experience, acquired by the Author first as an operative stone-mason, and afterwards as a foreman mason, on some of our largest public buildings.

All the cases commonly met with are worked out, and, when the general principles applying to these are understood, their extension to any unusual question which may occur should not be difficult. The student is assumed, however, to have some knowledge of geometrical drawing and projection, which indeed is indispensable. Most of the examples given are from actual work.

Originally published in 1900s, the 5th edition of this Practical Masonry textbook is a complete guide to the art of Stone Cutting.

Note: This excellent PDF Reprint is a high-quality, electronic facsimile version of the actual book published in 1900s.

Contents Covered

Tools and Appliances

Arches and Joints

Masonry Details

Staircases

Circular Work: Ramp and Twist

Arches, Circulars on Plan

Skew Arch and Niches

Cylindrical Vaulting

Domes and Pendentives

Groined Vaulting

Tracery Windows

Gothic Mouldings

Grecian Mouldings

Roman Mouldings

Supplementary Matter
Masonry Estimating and Quantity Surveying
Building Stones
Lists of Stones: Sandstones, Limestones
Alabaster
Marbles: Foreign, British, Irish
Granites
Tables of Diameters, Circumferences, and Areas of Circles
Glossary of Terms used in Masonry and Stone Cutting

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