A Rudimentary Treatise on Foundations Concrete Works (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from A Rudimentary Treatise on Foundations Concrete Works

Art of Building; Principles of Brick-making and the Manufacture of Bricks and Tiles; On Masonry and Stone-cutting, and on Foundations and Concrete Works, is the best test of their practical utility. There are few manuals, designed specially for the use of work men, that have achieved greater success. In the preface to the former edition Mr. Dobson called the attention of those readers Who may not have purchased the Art of Building to the fact of the present volume being written in continuation of the chapter in that Work devoted to the subject of and intended to give further information on those parts of the subject Which could then only be touched upon very briefly. He added, I may also observe, that many subjects Which are treated of very fully in other volumes of the Rudimentary Treatises are here for that reason left unnoticed, or are merely glanced at in a cursory manner; as, for example, the blasting of rocks, the nature and properties of limes and cements, the construction of travelling and other cranes, and of hoisting machinery in general.

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Excerpt from A Rudimentary Treatise on Foundations Concrete Works

On the completion of the last of the four volumes which form my contribution to Mr. Weale's Series of Rudimentary Treatises, a few words on the circumstances under which they have been written may not be out of place.

The whole of these four volumes have been written whilst fulfilling professional engagements, the duties of which have left me no leisure for study or literary occupations, and from this circumstance not only has their publication been delayed to an extent that could not have been anticipated by Mr, Weale or myself, but I have been unable to give them that clearness of arrangement and completeness of detail which can only be attained by careful and leisurely revision. I hope, however, that although defective in style and arrangement, and in many points less complete than would have been the case could I have devoted more time to their composition, these volumes may prove of service to those to whom they are especially addressed, viz., to workmen and others engaged in the "Art of Building," who wish to obtain a general knowledge of the principles of their art, as a groundwork for the study of those particular branches to which their attention may be specially directed.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.