Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . ted it is always subject to discounts so uncertain andvarying as to give absolutely no real information of value tothe architect or the purchaser. The prices hereafter givenwill represent the retail cost of the articles in the Bostonmarket, as nearly as we are able to ascertain it. These pricesare, of course, somewhat fluctuating in their nature, but will,at least, serve as a means of comparison, even if not exact forall localities and seasons. Most of the prices were collectedduring the summer of 1888. In the prepara
Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . ted it is always subject to discounts so uncertain andvarying as to give absolutely no real information of value tothe architect or the purchaser. The prices hereafter givenwill represent the retail cost of the articles in the Bostonmarket, as nearly as we are able to ascertain it. These pricesare, of course, somewhat fluctuating in their nature, but will,at least, serve as a means of comparison, even if not exact forall localities and seasons. Most of the prices were collectedduring the summer of 1888. In the preparation of the subject matter which is to fol-low, the writer has had the heartiest cooperation from the x BUILDERS HARDWARE. leading dealers and manufacturers, and desires to especiallyacknowledge the courtesies of Messrs. Burditt & Williams, andNichols & Bellamy, of Boston, the Hopkins & DickinsonManufacturing Co., and the Yale & Towne ManufacturingCo.; without whose technical assistance any such work wouldlack the value which it is hoped this will BUILDERS HARDWARE. CHAPTER I. Metals and Varieties of Finish. BEFORE beginning a study of any portion of the subject, anattempt will be made to consider the metals used for build-ers hardware and the various styles of finish possible in con-nection with them. Iron is naturally the first material thought of. In its purestform it is known as wrought-iron, a term which is derived fromthe fact that in the earliest processes the iron was beaten whilehot and the impurities forced out by the blows. Also the nameindicates, to an extent, the nature of the material, which isyielding and pliable rather than brittle or hard. Wrought-ironis the most available material for constructive , bolts, ties, anchors, etc., are more naturally made ofwrought-iron than of any other material. Nearly all strap-hingesand the best makes of common butts are made of it; also, forsome forms of common bolts and any article of hardware whichp
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