Fred T. Hodgson · Frederick J. Drake and Co. · leaf 54
.: the darby, which is not a proper float, issingle or double, as may be required; the single beingfor one man to use, the double for two. The single oneshould be four feet five inches long, and about fourinches wide, with a handle near one end, like a hawkhandle, and a cleat near the other end… … NO. 2. 54 CEMENTS AND CONCRETES The hard float is made of good pine, and has a semi-circular handle on the back ; a strip of hard wood issometimes dovetailed into the blade, and the handle isscrewed fast to the strip previous to the latter beingdriven in the dovetail; this is a good way, as there…
