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 365
es to the face of thejambs. Proceed as in the foregoing article to obtain theline dg\ then that will be the curve required for the edge ofthe soffit, the other edge being found in the same manner. If the given vertical section be taken in a line with theface of the wall, instead of at right angles… … SECTION v.—MOULDINGS AND CORNICES. MOULDINGS. 309.—ifloiildings: are so called because they are of thesame determinate shape throughout their length, as thoughthe whole had been cast in the same mould or form. Theregular mouldings, as found in remains of classic architec-ture, are eight in number,…
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