Building, estimating and contracting
Subtitle: a home-study course and general reference work on carpentry, steel square, mechanical drawing, blueprint reading, strength of materials, architectural drawing and detailing, sheet metal work, stair building, painting and decorating, concrete, plumbing, furnaces and unit heaters, heating and ventilating, planning house wiring, how to plan a house, how to remodel a house, estimating ...
Contributors: American Technical Society.
Edition: "Revised and enlarged edition."
Publisher: American Technical Society
Published: 1945
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Subjects: Building.; Construction industry.
Other titles: Architecture, carpentry, and building.; Carpentry and contracting.
Notes: Folded diagram attached to end lining-paper of v. 8.

"Titles of former editions: Architecture, carpentry, and building; Carpentry and contracting."
Table of contents: value: v. 1. Carpentry, by Gilbert Townsend.  Steel square, by Gilbert Townsend.  Blueprint reading, by J. R. Dalzell, James McKinney, and Herman Ritow.- v. 2. Architectural drawing and detailing, by J. R. Dalzell and James McKinney.  Mechanical drawing, by T. C. Plumridge, James McKinney and Ervin Kenison.  Strength of materials, by E. R. Maurer.  Equations and formulas.- v. 3. Sheet metal work, by William Neubecker.  Stair building, by Gilbert Townsend.- v. 4. How to plan a house, by Gilbert Townsend and J. R. Dalzell.  Painting and decorating, by J. R. Dalzell and A. H. Sabin.- v. 5. How to remodel a house, by J. R. Dalzell and Gilbert Townsend.  Planning house wiring, by H. J. Morton.- v. 6. How to design and install plumbing, by A. J. Matthias, jr.  Heating and ventilating, by J. R. Dalzell and C. L. Hubbard.- v. 7. Estimating, by Gilbert Townsend, J. R. Dalzell, and James McKinney.- v. 8. Air conditioning, furnaces, and unit heaters, by J. R. Dalzell.  Concrete, by H. W. Gibson.  General index.