Building Construction

Langue : anglais

Edité par Cassell, London, 1906

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Henry Adams' Building Construction comprising notes on materials, processes, principles, and practice, including about 2,300 engravings and ten colour plates. This copy is undated but looks like the first edition, maroon red boards, gilt lettering, 568 pages, a little shaky but a good copy, endpapers have foxingThe book was reprinted several times and revised in 1912 with the addition of 24 pages on reinforced concrete. Beautifully illustrated with over 2,300 engravings and twelve tinted plates. Adams' work sits comfortably alongside the other great construction books of the period: "Rivingtons" (also facsimiled by Donhead) and "Mitchell's". The latter two were actually slightly earlier: "Rivingtons" had already reached its fifth edition by 1906, and "Mitchell's" was in its seventh. Nevertheless Adams was hugely popular, selling over 40,000 copies in its first decade. There seems to be little doubt that its great advantage over its rivals was its format: while the others consisted of several volumes, Adams covered everything in a single one. As such it was more popular with students of building construction preparing for their exams and no doubt they kept it at their side for reference throughout their working lives. Although a great deal has changed in building technology since 1906, there is still much to learn from this volume. Of course it will be particularly useful to those who own a building of the period or who are professionals charged with looking after such buildings. But for everyone it provides an invaluable insight into the thinking of the time and an extraordinary snapshot of building in the Edwardian era. Its great benefit is its clarity.P.…

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
Building Construction
Auteur
Henry Adams
Éditeur
Cassell, London
Année de publication
1906
État de l'article
Satisfaisant
Langue
anglais
Édition
Edition originale
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Construction, Illustrated

Compton Books

Guildford, Royaume-Uni

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