The American house-carpenter : a treatise upon architecture, cornices and mouldings, framing, doors, windows, and stairs : together with the most important principles of practical geometry
The American House-Carpenter is a New York carpentry manual by Robert Griffith Hatfield, published by J. Wiley in 1849 for working house-carpenters, covering architecture, mouldings, framing, doors, windows and stairs. Its plates are line diagrams of geometric constructions, with lettered points joined by straight and curved lines, showing how to derive joint and moulding profiles that a designer could adapt for linear, measured drawings.
