1912 STEEL CONSTRUCTION skyscraper Architecture plans + Start Price USD 9.99 Current Price USD 15.25 Time Left - Bid Count 3 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, September 07, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Location Talent, OR See more about '1912 STEEL CONSTRUCTION skyscraper Architecture plans +' Description This huge hardback leatherbound text (and the others from this same series... also currently running) contain some of the most awesome building illustrations ever to cross my path! ~~~~ Titled; "STEEL CONSTRUCTION ~ STRUCTURAL DRAFTING" / ARCHITECTURE, CARPENTRY AND BUILDING / AMERICAN TECHNICAL SOCIETY / Copyright 1912 / VOL V ~~//~~ This masterfully written and beautiFully illustrated book is in mint condition. Seemingly never even fully opened. The pages are nearly oristine! Tightly bound inside of gold embossed (particularly fresh looking) ¼ scarlet leather on deep red canvas over heavy boards. 400 + Mind blowing etching prints, photo plates, line cuts and figure illustrations absolutely must be seen! Depicting all sorts of steel work including; ornate building fronts, beam construction, railway station construction, bridge building, hi-rise frames, men-at-work, heavy machinery, floor plans, rotunda interiors (+++ Too much more). Slight surface wear/dirt to the spine cover is the only flaw to the outside of this 96-year-old original. One page with a miscut corner tip (done during printing) and a few faint smudges are the only things keeping the interior of this (7" by 9 1/2"…2” thick) beauty from perfection. That’s it! It’s 451 brilliantly red-lemon-sage colored marbled edge leaves have no foxing brittleness wrinkles waving rips tears dogears odor underlines or marks of any kind. A complete list of the sections, (as well as many of the chapters) contained within includes; Steel Construction; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF A BUILDING / THE ENCLOSING WALLS / INTERIOR COLUMNS AND BARRIER PARTITIONS / FLOORS / ROOF / USE OF HANDBOOKS / METHODS OF ROLLING / CHARACTERISTICS OF SHAPES / USES OF SECTIONS / USE OF TABLES / SAFE LOADS / SPACING OF BEAMS / DEFLECTION / PROPERTIES OF I-BEAMS, POLATES, CHANNELS, AND ANGLES / BUILDING LAWS AND SPECIFICATIONS / SPECIFIED LIVE LOADS / ALLOWABLE UNIT STRESSES / STRENGTH AND DIMENSIONS OF BEARING WALLS / FACTOR OF SAFETY / THE STEEL FRAME / POSITION OF COLUMNS / T6IE-RODS / FIRE-PROOF MATERIALS / TERRA-COTTA FLOOR AND ROOF ARCHES / GUSTAVINO ARCH / CONCRETE STEEL FLOOR AND ROOF ARCHES / TESTS OF FLOOR AND DROOF ARCHES / SELECTION OF SYSTEM OF FLOOR CONSTRUCTION / TESTS OF PARTITIONS / COLUMN COVERINGS / CORROSION OF STEEL / PAINTS / FIRE-RESISTING WOODS / BEAMS AND GIRDERS / DETERMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LOADS / WEIGHTS OF MATERIALS / LINTELS / BEAM PLATES / ANCHORS / SEPARATORS / CALCULATION OF STRESSES / COLUMN SHAPES AND CONNECTIONS / SELECTION OF SECTIONS / TRUSSES / SELECTION OF TYPE / BRACING / ROOF PRESSURES / COLUMN CAPS, BASES AND SPLICES / INSPECTION OF MEMBERS / RELATIONS OF ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER / DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS / ESTIMATING / FOUNDATIONS (SPREAD, CAISSON, PILE, GRILLAGE, CANTILEVER / UNDERPINNING SHORING AND SHEATH PILING / TYPES OF HIGH BUILDINGS / EFFECT ON FOUNDATIONS / WIND PRESSURE / MILL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION / RIVETS AND RIVETING / STRENGTH OF JOINTS / STANDARD CONNECTIONS / DETAILING FROM FRAMING PLAN / RIVETED GIRDERS / FUNCTION OF FLANGES AND WEBS / USE OF STIFFENERS / SPACING OF RIVETS / FLANGE AND WEB SPLICES / DIRECTION OF STRESS / TRUSSED STRINGERS ~~~//~~~ Structural Drafting: DRAFTING ROOM EQUIPMENT AND PRACTICE / CLASSIFICATIONS OF DRAWINGS / ASSIGNMENT OF WORK / DRAFTING MATERIALS / INSTRUMENTS / DETAIL PAPER / TRACING CLOTH / ORDERING OF MATERIAL / LAYOUT / ALLOWANCES FOR PLANING AND CUTTING / ALLOWANCES FOR PIN MATERIAL / SHOP BILLS / DETAILING / LETTERING / RIVETS AND RIVET SPACING / DETAILING METHODS / PLATES / COMBINATIONS OF STRUCTURAL SHAPES / ROOF TRUSSES / PLATE GIRDER SPANS / BUILT-UP TENSION MEMBERS / FACILITATION OF ERECTION ...with some others. Plus each and every section contains numerous, even more specific sub-chapters. Have I mentioned (lately) the wonder-filled illustrations that FILL this book? Pics alone make this one a definite must have. Treat Yourself, the architect, steel worker, building historian or anyone intrigued by the pure art of engineering to this hard-to-find! Winner pays 7.78 priority shipping *NOTE, I am always glad to combine shipping and I can get from 1 to 3 additional books of this size (or quite a few more of the smaller editions) to you anywhere in the USA for only $3 more. So please check out some of my other similar books... Running Now! Just click on "View sellers other auctions" above to take a quick look. Wishing peace and safety to you and yours!! Place a Bid!