Is this the same reference?

A visual dictionary of architecture / Francis D.K. Ching. 
LC Control Number: 95001476  
Type of Material: Text (Book, Microform, Electronic, etc.) 
Brief Description: Ching, Frank, 1943-
A visual dictionary of architecture / Francis D.K. Ching.
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1995.
319 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. 
  

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ron
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Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 12:25 PM
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Subject: Re: Reference Book for Nails

A good source for simply classification of nails by size and function is
Francis D. Ching, A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: John
Wiley & Sons. Page 31 illustrates actual size templates for nails by
penny (4d to 20d); function (cut nail, wire nail, common nail, box nail,
casing nail, finishing nail, brad, double-headed nail, concrete nail,
flooring nail, ring shank nail, roofing nail and drive screw);
definitions (spike = over 102 mm, driftbolt, staple, corrugated
fastener, round point, diamond point, chisel point, face nail, toenail,
end nail, blind-nail, set, clinch; and there is an equally valuable
section on screws on page 83. This source is important because it
presents engineering standards and construction definitions used by
builders for the past century or more. For 20th century archaeology site
analysis, I use facsimile copies of those pages and lay the artifact on
top of the page. This, of course, wont work for sites that predate
engineering standardization of fasteners.

Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.