The guide to railway masonry : comprising a complete treatise on the oblique arch, in three parts / by Peter Nicholson.

Main entry:

Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844.

Title & Author:

The guide to railway masonry : comprising a complete treatise on the oblique arch, in three parts / by Peter Nicholson.

Publication:

London : John Weale, 1839.

Description:

10, xiv, 50 pages, 39 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
(from t. p.) Part first. History of the oblique arch, and an introduction, showing the principles upon which it depends and the methods of calculation -- Part second. Practical construction of the oblique arch with spiral joints, principally adapted to the use of the workman, with calculations of the parts of some of the principal oblique arches which have been executed in the north of England, for the use of the engineer -- Part third. An appendix, containing various articles connected with railways, adapted to the unlearned, as well as to the learned.

Resources:
Connect online to the Making of the Modern World (The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)

Subject:

Oblique arches.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 98646
Call No.: ID:85-B15099
Status: Available

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