• Materials employed in construction: Stones - their varieties, constituents and natures; Bricks; Limes, cements, mortars, concrete, beton; Metals; Practical construction in masonry and brickwork: Foundations; Formation of embankments for reservoirs, riverbanks and sea margins; Stone cutting - shaping of stones for arches, groins, domes, niches, steps; Stone in buildings of walls - retaining walls, arches; Brick in building - bond, hollow walls, vaults, groins, arches, prevention of damp in walls, modes of using mortar; Earth, cement and concrete in the formation of walls; Timber and iron in conjunction with mortar, concrete stone and brick in fireproof construction; Appliances used in building - tools, machines, scaffolding, hoists; Principles and practice of design: General view of the styles of architecture; Styles of domestic architecture; Principles of design; Application and working of styles - the classical orders, their parts and proportions, mouldings, domestic, Gothic, Elizabethan and Italian styles in doors, windows and chimney shafts; Practical drawing, projection, intersection of solids, development of surfaces, projection of shadows, perspective; Planning and designing domestic structures; Sanitary arrangements and economical appliances of buildings; Plastering and wall decoration in plaster and other recently introduced materials; Specifications, measurement and estimates.

Provides a fascinating insight into earlier best practice and covers a much wider range of construction issues than is indicated in the title... This book is a valuable source of reference when dealing with buildings of the Victorian period. Building Engineer This book will be of great interest to those whose work or specialism is concerned with late-nineteenth century architecture, and may become a source of continual reference, a personal oracle. SPAB News