Author: Sir Edmund Beckett
Title: A Book on Building, CIVIL and Ecclesiastical; with the Theory of Domes, and of the Great Pyramid; and a Catalogue of Sizes of Churches and Other Large Buildings
Description: London, Crosby Lockwood and Co. 1876. Cloth. A charming work on architecture, penned by Sir Edmund Beckett, the designer of the mechanism responsible for Big Ben's chimes. This work details construction relating to houses and churches, as well as the principles of construction. With chapters regarding the Great Pyramid and domes.Written by Edmund Beckett (1816-1905), a horologist and architect. He also wrote the works 'A Rudimentary Treatise on Clocks and Watches and Bells' and 'Astronomy Without Mathematics&apos.Illustrated. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine resulting in a little loss to the cloth; a large crack running down the spine, otherwise minor wear. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown and inscription to the endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean bar the occasional spot to the publisher's advertisements. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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