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Roofing of Museum, 5th December 1817

 Item
Identifier: Coll-13/1/1/24

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Scope and Contents

Roofing of Museum wooden and iron details

in the drawing there are many different scales: the smaller one to show the entire roofing beam and the bigger to focus on joinery details. Captions indicated the different materials and their measures.

showing the wooden framework and joints showing the details of iron joints showing details of the joints between this two materials Provides both floorplan and section details of the different joints

 On the reverse of the drawing: Black ink pen watercolour layers (pink, yellow, brown grey, dark grey )

Dates

  • Creation: 5th December 1817

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

A few days notice is usually required, due to the size of most of the drawings and the time required to retrieve them from store.

Full Extent

From the Series: 542 drawings

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: English

Additional Description

Related Materials

See plan N. 19 i.e. P1[20] for the general plan of the roof to which the details in this plan refer. See Plan N°24 i.e. P1[25] for the full scale details of bolts on section lines AB and CD

Physical Description

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Physical Description

genreform: architectural drawing

General

showing the wooden framework and joints showing the details of iron joints showing details of the joints between this two materials Provides both floorplan and section details of the different joints

General

P1-[24]

General

Different scales not indicated on the paper. See quotes.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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