Name/Title
Building Construction Before MechanizationEntry/Object ID
2014.002.066Description
Contents: The role of the builder -- The nature of building construction and sources of information about its former practices -- Physical and cultural forces affecting building construction -- Jerry-building and the unending quest for standards of safety -- Prior planning and the order and sequence of building operations -- Stresses in buildings and the problems they raise -- Falsework and lifting devices -- Rope and ladders: the builder's habitual implements -- The role of wood in building construction -- Oversized blocks and projecting stones as aids to masonry construction -- Transportation in building construction -- The problem of ventilation -- Native house building -- Building Cheops' Pyramid.
xvii, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2014.002Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2014)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
Building--History, Civil engineering--History, Building materials--HistoryBook Details
Author
Fitchen, JohnPublisher
MIT PressDate Published
circa 1986Call No.
TH15 .F58 1986ISBN
0262061023LCCN
86010647Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By John Fitchen.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-314) and index.Created By
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February 17, 2023