The Rudiments of architecture; or, The young workman's instructor Part First, containing the five orders of columns entire, with frontispieces, doors, windows, porticoes, intercolumniations, and arcades, suited to each; rustick doors and windows; block and camtaliver cornices; rustick quoins; the manner of constructing brick and stone-arches; centering for groins and vaulting; stairs, twisted rails, roofs, and domes; inspectional scales, tables, &c. Directions for drawing plans and elevations with Indian ink: likewise, the French and Spanish orders. Part second, containing geomety; the mensuration of solids and superficies; plain trigonometry, and surveying of land. To which is added, the builder's dictionary. Intended for those whose time will not allow them to attend teachers. Illustrated with upwards of 350 examples, accurately engraved upon thirty-seven large copper-plates

Bibliographic Details

Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh Printed by Robert Mundell 1772, M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]
Subjects:	Architecture / Early Works To 1800 Building / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/1693900700?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa