The American house-carpenter; a treatise on the art of building, and the strength of materials (1873)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York : J. Wiley · leaf 166
the above directions. By this problem,a cornice can be proportioned according to a smaller given oneas well as to a larger ; but the method described in the previousarticle is much more simple for that purpose. 255.— To find the angle-bracket for a cornice. Let A, (Fig.203,) be the wall of the… … g Fig. 20a Fig. 204. lei with the wall,/rf, draw the line, a b ; make e c equal a /,and through c, draw c 6, parallel with e d ; join d and 6, and fromthe several angular points in B, draw ordinates to cut d b in 1, 2and 3; at those points erect lines perpendicular to d b ; from A,draw h g;…
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