An architectural dictionary

Containing a correct nomenclature and derivation of the terms employed by architects, builders, and workmen. Exhibiting, in a perspicuous point of view, the theory and practice of the various branches of architecture, in carpentry, joinery, masonry, bricklaying, and thier dependence on each other; the sciences necessary to be understood; and the lives of the principal architects

The whole forming a complete guide to the science of architecture and the art of building. In two volumes. By Peter Nicholson, architect