The American house carpenter. A treatise on the art of building. Comprising styles of architecture, strength of materials, and the theory and practice of the construction of floors, framed girders, roof trusses, rolled-iron beams, tubular-iron girders, cast-iron girders, stairs, doors, windows, mouldings, and cornices; together with a compend of mathematics. A manual for the practical use of architects, carpenters, stair-builders, and others (1880)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879, Hatfield, O. P., ed · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 359
e can be assigned. WINDOWS. 303.—Requirements for Lig^lit.—A window should beof such dimensions, and in such a position, as to admit asufficiency of light to that part of the apartment for whichit is designed. No definite rule for the size can well begiven that will answer in all cases; yet, as an… … feet; then the square root of this product will show therequired number of square feet of glass. 304.—Window-Frames.—For the size of window-frames,add 4^ inches to the width of the glass for their width, and WIDTH OF INSIDE SHUTTERS. 319 6J inches to the height of the glass for their height.…
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