ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CARPENTRY; A Treatise ON The Pressure and Equilibrium of Beams and Timber Frames, the WITH PRACTICAL RULES AND EXAMPLES: TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN ESSAY ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF TIMBER; Including the Methods of Seasoning, and the Causes and Prevention of Decay; with Descriptions of the Kinds of Wood used in Building : also numerous Tables of the Scantlings of Timber for Different Purposes, the Specific Gravities of Materials, &c. ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY-TWO ENGRAVINGS, BY THOMAS TREDGOLD, CIVIL ENGINEER. A PRACTICAL ESSAY ON THE STRENGTH OF CAST IRON AND OTHER METALS; INTENDED FOR THE Assistance of Engineers, Iron Masters, Architects, Millwrights, Founders, Smiths, and others engaged in the Construction of Machines, Buildings, &c. CONTAINING Practical Rules, Tables, and Examples, FOUNDED ON A SERIES OF NEW EXPERIMENTS; WITH AN EXTENSIVE TABLE OF THE PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS. Illustrated by Four Plates and several Woodcuts. 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