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THE
AMERICAN BUILDER'S COMPANION;
OR, A
NEW SYSTEM OF ARCHITECTURE:
PARTICULARLY ADAPTED
TO
THE PRESENT STYLE OF BUILDING
IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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CONTAINING,
FORTY FOUR ENGRAVINGS,
REPRESENTING,
Geometrical Lines
Twenty different Designs for Mouldings
The five Orders of Architecture, with great alterations, both in
   size and expense.
Glueing up and diminishing of Columns.
How to find the different Brackets of a Groind Ceiling.
Base and Surbase Mouldings, Architraves, &c.
Twenty four different Designs for Cornices, both for external
   and internal finishing.
Stone Window Caps and sills, showing the manner of setting
   them in a Brick Wall.
Sash Frames, Sashes, and Shutters.
Straight and Circular Stairs.
Roofs and finding the Length and Backing of Hips, either square
   of bevel.
Ornamental Capitals, Mouldings, Friezes, Leaves, and Ceilings.
Chimney Pieces.
Frontispieces.
Urns, Banisters, Key Stones, &c.
Plans and Elevations of three Houses for Town, and two for
   Country.
Plans and Elevations for two Meetinghouses.
Plan and Elevation for a Summerhouse.
Plan and Elevation for a Courthouse.
Plan, Elevation, and Section of the Branch Bank of Boston.
With particular Directions for executing all the above Designs.
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BY ASHER BENJAMIN, ARCHITECT AND CARPENTER,
AND
DANIEL RAYNERD, ARCHITECT AND STUCCO WORKER.
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BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY ETHERIDGE AND BLISS, PROPRIETORS OF THE WORK.
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S. ETHERIDGE, PRINTER, CHARLESTOWN.
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1806.