The resources and manufacturing industry of Ireland as illustrated by the exhibition of 1853 : being a series of essays on raw materials, machinery, and manufactures of various kinds; to which is appended the official catalogue of the exhibition : a portrait of Mr. Dargan, engraved on steel, with a memoir; and numerous illustrations on wood (1854)
Sproule, John, Exhibition of Art and Art-Industry (1853 : Dublin, Ireland), author, Sproule, John, editor · Dublin : Published by the editor · leaf 62
s to counteract that tendency; which would at once have seriously injured the harmony of general outline, and would have rendered the construction tedious, and barely possible, without very expensive scaffolding. Above is an engraving of a portion of one of the ribs of the Great Hall, with sections… … Section of one of the size was struck out on them. From it the necessary number of templets or gauges Great Rihs of the Roof. were prepared, and then the process was simply this : — The workmen brought the planks of the thicknesses required from the saw-pits ; one set of carpenters marked on them…
Dargan, William, 1799-1867 · Exhibition of Art and Art-Industry (1853 : Dublin, Ireland) · Industries · Railroad engineering
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