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Building materials marching out of London and forming new built-up areas in the countryside. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1829.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: November 1st 1829Reference: 578910iPart of: Scraps and sketches depicting scenes of British life.- Pictures
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Building materials marching out of London of their own accord to build suburban housing over greenfield sites. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1829.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1st November 1829Reference: 576771i- Books
Building Code requirements for new dwelling construction : recommended by the National Housing Agency and prepared in consultation with the National Bureau of Standards issued January 1, 1947 Building materials and structures report BMS107 superseding BMS88 / United States Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards.
Date: 1947- Digital Images
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Reconstruction of traditional Arabic pharmacy from authentic materials, in the Wellcome Building, London.
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Conference and exhibition materials 1991-1998
Date: 1991-1997Reference: SA/EPU/F/1/4/8Part of: Environmental Protection UK- Archives and manuscripts
"Four Plus: Writing DNA" printed materials
Date: 2003Reference: WT/D/1/10/10Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Building Blocks of Learning
Date: 2000Reference: PP/LOW/X/14Part of: Margaret Lowenfeld- Books
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The builder's guide, shewing, the qualities, quantities, proportions, and Rates or Value of all materials relating to building; with the best Method of preparing many of them. Also The Customs and Methods of Measuring of all Artificers Work concerned in Building; the Prices not only of Workmanship but of Materials; which will be extraordinarily useful in making of Bargains between the Undertaker and Workman: With Gunter's Line, Coggeshall's Description of the Sliding-Rule, the Extraction and Uses of the Square and Cube Roots, &c. Together with aphorisms or necessary rules in building, as to Situation, Contrivance, Compactness, Uniformity, Conveniency, Firmness, Form, &c. To which is added, the ground rules of architecture. Likewise, an explanation of technical terms used in this work. By F. P. builder.
F. P.Date: M.DCC.LVIII. [1758]- Books
Tomorrow's houses : new building methods, structures and materials / edited by John Madge.
Date: 1946- Archives and manuscripts
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Correspondence relating to the purchase of land and the financing, design and building of the Retreat
Date: 1793-1796Reference: RET/2/2/1/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Books
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The london prices of bricklayers materials and works, both of new buildings and repairs, justly ascertained: and the common exactions and abuses therein detected Interspersed with Rules for Estimating, Performing and Measuring all Kinds of Plain, Circular, Elliptical, Gothick, Spherical, Spheroidical, Conical and Pyramidical Brick-Works: wherein The Abutments of all Sorts of Arches, And the Manner of Building Brick-Flooring for the prevention of Fire, is clearly explained. The Whole Arithmetically and Geometrically Demonstrated. With a great Variety of Designs for Plain and Rusticated Piers, for Gates, Piazzas, &c. Written for the Use of Gentlemen, Stewards and Workmen in General, and particularly for such Landlords and Tenants who are subject to the Repairs of Buildings. By Batty Langley, architect.
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.Date: 1748- Books
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The London prices of bricklayers materials and works, both of new buildings and repairs, justly ascertained: and the common exactions and abuses therein detected. Interspersed with Rules for Estimating, Performing and Measuring all Kinds of Plain, Circular, Elliptical, Gothick, Spherical, Spheroidical, Conical and Pyramidical Brick-Works: wherein The Abutments of all Sorts of Arches, And the Manner of Building Brick-Flooring for the Prevention of Fire, is clearly explained. The Whole Arithmetically and Geometrically Demonstrated. Also Illustrated with a great Variety of Designs for Plain and Rusticated Piers, for Gates, Piazzas, &c. In Thirty-Two curious Copper Plates. Written for the Use of Gentlemen, Stewards, and Workmen in general, and particularly for such Landlords and Tenants who are subject to the Repairs of Buildings. By Batty Langley, architect.
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.Date: 1749- Books
Hazardous building materials : a guide to the selection of alternatives / edited by S.R. Curwell and C.G. March.
Date: [1986]- Archives and manuscripts
Hospital plans
Date: 1905-1912Reference: GC/244/4/2Part of: Gittins, Dr Diana: Severalls Hospital, Essex- Archives and manuscripts
Contextual materials: miscellaneous items
Date: 1956-1997Reference: GC/244/4/1Part of: Gittins, Dr Diana: Severalls Hospital, Essex- Books
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New experiments on building materials, in reference to their conducting power, dryness, & resistance to the progress of fire : as read before the Chemical Society of London / by John Hutchinson.
Hutchinson, John, 1811-1861.Date: 1843- Books
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The city and country purchaser, and builder's dictionary: or, the compleat builders guide. Shewing The Qualities, Quantities, Proportions, and Rates or Value of All Materials relating to Building; with the Best Method of Preparing many of them. Also The Customs, and Methods of Measuring of all Artificers Work, concern'd in Building; together with the City and Country Prices not only of Workmanship, but of Materials also: The which will be extraordinary Useful in Making of Bargains, or Contracts betwixt the Work-Master and Work Man; and likewise in Computing the Value (or Charge of Erecting) of any Fabrick, Great or Small. Likewise The Explanation of the Terms of Art used by most Workmen. Together with Aphorisms, or Necessary Rules in Building, as to Situation, Contrivance, Compactness, Uniformity, Conveniency, Firmness, and Form, &c. By Richard Neve, Philmath.
Neve, Richard.Date: 1726- Archives and manuscripts
"Brown, Langley"
Date: c.1990sReference: ART/AFH/A/2/35APart of: Arts for Health: archive- Books
Drainage and sewerage appliances : chimney tops, building sundries, cattle troughs, sinks, etc / Doulton & co.
Doulton and Company.Date: [1932]- Archives and manuscripts
"Nuffield 2"
Date: March 1998-October 2004Reference: ART/AFH/A/14/37Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Archives and manuscripts
"Cherry Knowle Hospital"
Date: 1992Reference: ART/AFH/A/3/36Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Books
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The city and country purchaser's and builder's dictionary: or, the complete builder's guide. Containing An Explanation of all the Terms of Art used by Workmen; as also what is necessary to be known in the Art of Building, as well by Gentlemen, as Artificers of Every Denomination. In the following Useful Particulars, viz. The Qualities, Quantities, Proportions, and Value of all Materials used in Building. The best Method of preparing those Materials. The Methods of Measuring most Sorts of Artificers Work. The City and Country Prices of Workmanship. Aphorisms, or Rules necessary to be observed in Building, as to Situation, Contrivance, Compactness, Uniformity, Conveniency, Firmness, Form, &c. Estimates of the Expence of Building any Fabrick, great or small. Rules for the Valuation of Houses. Rules to be observed in Repairs, &c. The Propagation and Culture of such Trees, as are used in Building, and planted as well for Ornament as Profit, with the Soils and Management proper for each Species; and Rules for their Measuring, Felling, Sawing, &c. A brief and clear Description of the various Parts of Painting and Sculpture, and the several Arts depending on them. Including briefly the Theory and Practice of Architecture, in its different Branches. Very useful to Gentlemen, to Work-Masters and Work-Men, in the making of Bargains, Contracts or Computations, relating to any Part of Building, &c. Originally written and compiled by Richard Neve, Philomath.
Neve, Richard.Date: M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence re move to new pharmaceutical building and issue of packaging material
Date: 1954-1955Reference: WF/CW/29Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
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Saint Guthlac building a chapel at Croyland. Engraving by G.F. Storm after C.A. Stothard, 1842.
Stothard, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1786-1821.Date: 1842Reference: 574863i- Archives and manuscripts
Lisson Grove Health Centre
Date: 1973-1976Reference: PP/LOW/W/41Part of: Margaret Lowenfeld