Dictionnaire des termes employés dans la construction : et concernant, la connaissance et l'emploi des matériaux, l'outillage qui sert à leur mise en oeuvre, l'utilisation de ces matériaux dans la construction des divers genres d'édifices anciens et modernes, la législation des bâtiments
Chabat's 1881 Paris dictionary of construction terms, published by Morel for architects, builders and engineers, covers materials, tools, building types and building law. Its pictures are plain line diagrams: a cross-section of a conical joint, a classical arched portal with a segmental keystone and pediment, a steel I-beam cut into a floor with bolted connections, and a lettered plate of pipe and valve details. A designer could take clean hatching, crisp technical linework and a restrained engineering vocabulary from them.
