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  • Civil engineering: building the Victoria Bridge across the Saint Lawrence River, Montreal. Coloured lithograph by the Kell brothers, 1860.
  • Architecture: two composite roof trusses. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.
  • Architecture: various roof trusses. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.
  • Architecture: diagrammatic roof trusses. Engraving [after S. H. Brooks?], 1850.
  • Civil engineering: three types of wooden bridge. Engraving by R. Roffe, 1848.
  • Carpentry: a water-driven saw-mill, short section and plan of the water-wheel mechanism. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Architecture: various ways of cutting materials to cover a roof. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.
  • Building: three trusses from specific London buildings. Etching by W. A. Beever after C. S. Duncan.
  • Ship-building: detail showing various types of ship, Brig, Billander, Dogger, Galley, Galliot, Schooner, Sloop, Xebec. Engraving by J. Taylor.
  • Two men sawing a baulk of timber in a woodyard, in Korea.
  • Architecture: various roof trusses for agricultural buildings. Lithograph by Whiteman and Bass, 1866.
  • Architecture: various roof geometries. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.
  • Architecture: various roof trusses. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.
  • Building: two floor plans, showing the layout of joists, and details (below). Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.
  • Architecture: various roof geometries. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.
  • Architecture: various roof trusses. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.
  • Engineering: loading of wooden beams. Engraving by J. Davis after Tredgold, 1820.
  • A timber bending machine (below), various pincers, vices, and bits [?] (above). Engraving by J. Rapkin.
  • Architecture: diagrammatic roof trusses. Engraving [after S. H. Brooks?], 1850.
  • Architecture: domes. Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847, [after M. A. Nicholson?].
  • Building: two floor plans, showing the layout of joists, and details (below). Engraving by E. Turrell, 1847.
  • Building: iron supports for rotten timber. Engraving by W. Kelsall after A. Ainger.
  • Building: section through a theatre, half cutaway, showing timber roofing and interior fittings. Etching by H. Adlard, 1849, after S. H. Brooks.
  • Carpentry: a water-driven saw-mill, long section and plan. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Building: plans of the four floors of a town house, showing the layout of flooring joists. Engraving by G. C. Jenkinson, 1847, after M. A. Nicholson.
  • Carpentry: inside a joiner's workshop, with men at work (top), various types of joint (below). Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • Agriculture: a device for estimating the bulk of standing timber. Engraving, 1768.
  • Architecture: the roof trusses of three chapels compared. Engraving by A. Dick, 1847, after M. A. Nicholson.
  • Architecture: a hallway and a staircase in the Elizabethan style. Engraving after Arrowsmith.
  • Building: floor joists, simple and composite wooden beams. Engraving by J. Davis after R. Tredgold, 1820.