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1853 — Full Title: "ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CARPENTRY. A Treatise on the Pressure and Equilibrium of Timber Framing, the Resistance of Timber, and the Construction of Floors, Centres, Bridges, Roofs; Uniting Iron and Stone with Timber, etc. To Which is Added an Essay on the Nature and Properties of Timber. 4th Edition, Corrected and Considerably Enlarged. With an Appendix Containing Specimens of Various Ancient and Modern Roofs, by Peter Barlow." pp. xxiv, 333 + Fifty-three (53) engraved plates [as called for], some folding. Old age stain. Partially unopened. Small folio. Original full cloth binding, embossed in blind. Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) was an important English architect and engineer. In 1813 he joined William Atkinson, architect to the ordnance in London, and in 1823 went into private practice as a civil engineer. These 'Elementary Principles of Carpentry' were first published in 1820. He also wrote 'Strength of Cast Iron' (1821), and 'The Steam Engine' (1827). Scarce and significant. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W150 / DC