The American house-carpenter; a treatise on the art of building, and the strength of materials (1867)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 303
e lower side of a c, equalto d 0, e 1, 6cc., on the upper side; trace a curve through thepoints, 0, 1, 2, 3,4, c, on each side o{ d c ; then o c o will bethe proper shape for the board. By dividing the circumference ofthe base, A, into equal parts, and making the bottom, o d o,of theboard of a size… … 397.— To find the curve of the boards lohen laid in horizon-tal coiirses. Let ABC, {Fig. 249,) be the section of a givendome, and D B its axis. Divide B C into as many parts asthere are to be courses of boards, in the points, 1, 2, 3, &c.;through 1 and 2, draw a line to meet the axis extended…
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