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Excerpt from Building in London: A Treatise on the Law and Practice Affecting the Erection and Maintenance of Buildings in the Metropolis
The system of cross-reference adopted is personally considered, to be one of the most important features in the volume. It has, however, in one instance been to some extent responsible for a rather important departure from precedent. It was found when arranging for the printing of the book, that, in the case of the Acts, by-laws, and regulations forming the second portion of the volume, there was such a mass of material demanding inclusion, that the allowance of a margin for the reference figures, together with a further margin for the marginal notes to the sections, would so add to the size and cost of the book as to make the price excessively high. The marginal notes have therefore been run in bold type as headings to the ordinary text. Marginal notes are presumably provided for the purpose of facilitating refer ence, and it is suggested that this desired result is, if anything, better achieved by Side-headings in bold type. A treatment solely confined to the legal aspect being considered to be lacking in practical value, I have also referred to those questions of practice which are incidental to compliance with the building law. The question of the preparation of plans for submission to public authorities is dealt with, a few notable points involved in ordinary statical calculations are carefully explained, and the important considerations governing the remedying of dangerous structures and the provision of means of escape in case of fire are discussed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
