A Book on Building, Civil and Ecclesiastical: With the Theory of Domes, and of the Great Pyramid; and a Catalogue of Sizes of Churches and Other Large Buildings |
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... pieces CHAPTER IV . 174 . 175 . 175 . 176 . 177 HOUSE - BUILDING : CARPENTRY AND FITTINGS . Roofs , mistake of very steep ones . Pentagonal and Pyramid Pitch ( fig . 11 ) • 178 . 179 X Roof hung on inside Walls Contents . Lead Roofs.
... pieces CHAPTER IV . 174 . 175 . 175 . 176 . 177 HOUSE - BUILDING : CARPENTRY AND FITTINGS . Roofs , mistake of very steep ones . Pentagonal and Pyramid Pitch ( fig . 11 ) • 178 . 179 X Roof hung on inside Walls Contents . Lead Roofs.
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... piece of work of the mean design which the sum he had fixed would only pay for , as a lesson to him ; and there it stood ... pieces and other fancy articles which the employer means to choose for himself . But that will hardly occur in ...
... piece of work of the mean design which the sum he had fixed would only pay for , as a lesson to him ; and there it stood ... pieces and other fancy articles which the employer means to choose for himself . But that will hardly occur in ...
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... pieces ( except as above ) , closets and shelves , provision for gas pipes according to circum- stances , boundary walls and pavement , and everything , except furniture , that will be requisite to fit the build- ing for its purpose ...
... pieces ( except as above ) , closets and shelves , provision for gas pipes according to circum- stances , boundary walls and pavement , and everything , except furniture , that will be requisite to fit the build- ing for its purpose ...
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... pieces after it is done , to try and cure them . It is impossible however to lay down any rule for the amount of interference which is expedient or likely to be beneficial to the employer : no rule could be adapted to the infinite ...
... pieces after it is done , to try and cure them . It is impossible however to lay down any rule for the amount of interference which is expedient or likely to be beneficial to the employer : no rule could be adapted to the infinite ...
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... pieces work already done , unless it is absolutely necessary . Architects are therefore often blamed unjustly for their estimates being exceeded , though very often justly . It all depends on whether the alterations have been caused by ...
... pieces work already done , unless it is absolutely necessary . Architects are therefore often blamed unjustly for their estimates being exceeded , though very often justly . It all depends on whether the alterations have been caused by ...
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