American civil engineers' pocket book,

This volume contains much more than engineering. It also features basic chemistry, physics, astronomy, land surveying, derivative and integral calculus, and much more. The engineering aspects include the use of steel, masonry, and wood. The latter includes allowable loading of timber, basics of fasteners (conventional bolts, drift bolts, nails, spikes, screws, etc.), types of joints (including timber joints in tension), the use of statics in the design of trusses, and much more.