The carpenter's pocket directory : containing the best methods of framing timber buildings of all figures and dimensions, with their several parts, as floors, roofs in ledgment, their lengths and backings; trussed roofs, spires, and domes; trussing-girders, partitions, and bridges, with abutments; centering for arches, vaults, &c. cutting stone ceilings, groins, &c. with their moulds; centers for drawing Gothic arches, ellipses, &c. &c. : With the plan and sections of a barn. : Engraved on twenty-four plates, with explanations, forming the most complete and useful work of the kind yet published. / By William Pain, architect and carpenter, author of The practical builder, The carpenter's and joiner's repository, and The British Palladio.

Author/creator Pain, William
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Published by J.H. Dobelbower and J. Thackara, 1797.
Description32 unnumbered pages, 24 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (4to)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
Subjects

SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 32627. ^A478749
References Evans 32627
References Hitchcock, H.R. Amer. architectural books, 895
References Rink, E. Technical Americana, 1756
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 32627).