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Our Plates as Aids to Business

A Republication

Plastering how it is Applied, Finished, and Decorated

The Doorway of San Petronio at Bologna

Brick as a Building Material

By B. T. Brown

Two Dwellings at Orange, N. J

A House in the Colonial Style

A Dwelling of Moderate Cost

How I Build an Ice House

Fireproofing Wood

A Suburban Residence

Flow of Water through Pipes

Designs for Furniture

A small School House

The New cancer Hospital, New York

A Corner House

Classification of Styles

Pressure at which Lead Pipes Burst

Recent Discoveries at Pompeii

Residences at Springfield, Mass

French Plaster

New Materials and Inventions

By J. Slater

Interior of a Residence at Chattanooga, Tenn

New Method of Water proofing Brick Walls

An Apartment House

The Opera Comique, Paris-Investigation of the Causes of the Fire

Decatur, Ala

The Anniston Inn

Building Prospects

Importance of Carpentry

A Riverside Residence, Maidenhead

The Birthplace of James Watt

Compost for Cuttings

Permeability of Building Materials

The Adornment of Highways

Stiffness in Girders

The Architect of Rome

Villa on the Square of the Bois De Boulogne, in Paris

Snow Hall of Natural History, at Lawrence, Kansas

The Temple of Soleb, Ethiopia

Worthless “Fire Proof” Buildings

Compound for Patching Stone

Other Timber Rafts

The Gigantic Lumber Raft

The Chair of Queen Hatasu

Pratt's Blind Opener

To Braze Brass to Copper

The E. N. Gates System of Hot Water Heating

An Agate Forest in Arizona

Drawing Instruments

Auxiliary Tools

Harmonious Combinations of Colors in Ready Mixed Paints

Art Metal Work

The Cortright System of Metal Plate Roofing

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