Introduction by Marci S. Uihlein
Chapter 1. Student, Professor, and Architect: N. Clifford Ricker at the Illinois Industrial University by Marci S. Uihlein
Chapter 2. The Components of Construction: The Technical Education of an Architect at the University of Illinois by Marci S. Uihlein
Chapter 3. “Rigid Flesh on Creeping Things”: The State of the Skyscraper Art in the 1890s by Thomas Leslie
Chapter 4. Journals, Compendia, and Travelogs: Nineteenth-Century Sources of Construction Technology Knowledge and Processes by Tom F. Peters
Chapter 5. “No Bottom Here”: The Evolution of Foundations in Chicago by Thomas Leslie
Chapter 6. Properties and Application in Masonry: Stone, Brick, and Terra Cotta by Rachel Will
Chapter 7. Changing Technologies: Teaching Iron and Steel Construction by Donald Friedman
Conclusion by Marci S. Uihlein
Transcript—The Elements of Construction, volume 2 by N. Clifford Riker
Ricker Division III—Foundations
Ricker Division IV—Stone Masonry
Ricker Division V—Bricks, Tiles, and Terra Cotta
Ricker Division VI—Iron and Steel Construction
Contributors
Index