Excerpt from Practical Draughtsmen's Work: With Numerous Engravings and Diagrams In preparing for publication in book form the mass of relevant matter contained in the volumes, much of it necessarily bad to be re-arranged and re-written. The contents of this book con sist substantially of several series of illustrated articles by Prof. Henry Adams, originally contributed to work and building world. The writings of many other contributors are so blended that it is difficult to distinguish any for acknowledg ment. Readers who 'may desire additional information respecting special details of the matters dealt with in this book, or instruo tion on any building trade subjects, should address a question to work_or building world, 'so that it may be answered in the columns of One of those journals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.