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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 50

Advanced Building Construction

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Advanced Building Construction

Lecture I.Brickwork: damp courses; hollow walls; jambs; arches; centering for arches; chimneys; arrangement of flues; brick drains and sewers.
II.Masonry: arches; stone stairs; square, spandril, and hanging steps; straight, dog-legged, and circular stairs; evils arising from ashlar-faced walls.
III.Beams, &c.: built-up beams; trussed and iron girders; bressummers and cantilevers; consideration of strains.
IV.Floors: single, double, and framed flooring; fire-proof floors.
V.Partitions: quartered, and brick-nogged.
VI.Roofs: (timber and iron), couple, couple close, collar beam, king and queen post roofs, strain on the different parts; strength and proportion.
VII.Roofs: (timber and iron), couple, couple close, collar beam, king and queen post roofs, strain on the different parts; strength and proportion.
VIII.Stairs and handrailing.
IX.Doors: ledged, framed, panelled, and folding.
X.Windows: solid frame, cased frame with double hung sashes; casement windows,
XI.Skirtings: architraves and linings; shutters, folding and sliding,
XII.Skylights and lanterns; ventilators.