The Technology of historic American buildings : studies of the materials, craft processes, and the mechanization of building construction

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Contributors: Jandl, H. Ward.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Published by the Foundation for Preservation Technology for the Association for Preservation Technology, 1983.
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Table of Contents:
  • The historic development of hand forged iron builders' hardware / Donald Streeter
  • Chicago balloon frame : the evolution during the 19th century of George W. Snow's system for erecting light frame buildings from dimension lumber and machine-made nails / Paul E. Sprague
  • Inventing the I-beam : Richard Turner, Cooper & Hewitt and others / Charles E. Peterson
  • Cast iron in American architecture : a synoptic view / Antoinette J. Lee
  • The manufacture and use of architectural terra cotta in the United States / Robert C. Mack
  • Decorative metal roofing in the United States / Mary B. Dierickx
  • Economical painting : the tools and techniques used in exterior painting in the 19th century / Pamela W. Hawkes.