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A specimen of ancient carpentry , consisting of designs for roofs, exemplify'd in common, circular, mixt, spiral, and such which have been fram'd in public and private antique buildings. By the late Mr, [sic] James Smith. To which is added mouldings for cornices, door and window jambs.
Smith, James, writer on carpentry.Date: [1787]- E-books
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A specimen of ancient carpentry , consisting of variety of designs for roofs, ... collected by James Smith ... to which are added designs of frontispieces to doors, gateways, ... & other useful decorations never before published by Jones the whole illustrated with 66 copper plates ..
Smith, James, writer on carpentry.Date: 1736
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Architectural details of the roof of Beaune hospital, including a floor plan. Line engraving by L. Gaucherel and Sauvageot after A. Verdier.
Verdier, Aymar, 1819-1880.Reference: 15540i- Pictures
Architectural details of the roof of Fenchurch Street Station, including a roof plan. Coloured drawing, 1853.
Date: 1853Reference: 46099i- Pictures
Engineering: roofs. Engraving by J. Davis after Tredgold, 1820.
Tredgold, R., active 1820.Date: 1 June 1820Reference: 44208i


![Architecture: diagrammatic roof trusses. Engraving [after S. H. Brooks?], 1850.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0024261/full/320%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Architecture: domes. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847, [after M. A. Nicholson?].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0024267ER/full/320%2C/0/default.jpg)



