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 300
makef/c equal to fl by the arc, I k, or make g kequal to g j by the arc, j k ; then the angle at j will be the top-bevil of the jack-rafters, and the one at k will be the down-bevil*388.— To find the backing of the hip-rafter. At any con-venient place in b e, (Fig. 241,) as o, draw m n, at right… … ij—or Fig. 248. • The lengths and bevils of rafters for roof-valleys can also be found by tie aboreprocess f See also Art. 237. 286 AMERICAN HOUSE-CARPENTER. 389.—The most usual form for domes is that of the sphere, thebase being circular. When the interior dome does r ot rise toehigh, a horizontal…
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