N. Clifford Ricker

1843 – 1924

• A study of base and bearing plates for columns and beams
• A study of roof trusses
• A treatise on design and construction of roofs
• A treatise on the design and construction of roofs
• An extension of the Dewey decimal system of classification applied to architecture and building
• Architectural composition
• Handbook of architecture
• Simplified formulas and tables for floors, joists and beams; roofs, rafters and purlins
• Technical review of the Chicago public library
• Elementary graphic statics and the construction of trussed roofs