SUPERINTENDENCE A Manual FOR YOUNG ARCHITECTS, STUDENTS AND OTHERS BY T. M. CLARK FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS NEW EDITION. REVISED AND REWRITTEN New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1903 All Rights Reserved COPYRIGHT, 1883 BY JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO. COPYRIGHT, 1903 BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY First published elsewhere Reprinted, May 1894, February 1895, July 1896 THE MASON PRESS 75688 2 PREFACE 6141653 THIS is not a treatise on the architectural art, or the science of construction, but a simple exposition of the ordinary practice of building in this country, with suggestions for supervising such work efficiently. Architects of experience probably know already nearly everything that the book contains, but their younger brethren, as well as those persons not of the profession who are occasionally called upon to direct building operations, will perhaps be glad of its help. |