Geometry of Construction: For Builders Architects Engineers

<p><em>Geometry of Construction</em> has long been acknowledged as the most concise and instructive guide to the technical geometry of the construction industry and a vital resource for students in architecture carpentry stonemasonry and engineering. Beginning with the very basics of technical drawing it provides a series of increasingly complex exercises to clearly explain all that the reader needs to know about geometry. Each topic is covered with a detailed diagram and carefully written instructions enabling the student to progress from basics such as the circle and construction of scales to some of the most complex challenges including the entasis of a column an ionic volute the hemispherical dome and the setting out of barrel vaulting. The authors T. B. Nichols and N. P. Keep both worked extensively in the construction industry before moving into teaching so they were ideally suited to produce this highly practical guide. First published in 1947 a revised edition incorporating numerous suggestions from students and lecturers on Raking Sections the Projection of Points of Lines and of Planes the True Lengths of Lines the Oblique Plane and on Roof Surfaces was produced in 1954. Last published in 1966 it has been unobtainable since then. It remains one of the most useful books for any student in the construction industry.</p>