Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 154
Notching is either square or dovetailed, and is made use of for connecting the ends of wall plates andbond-timbers at the angles, in letting joists down on girders, binders, purlins, or principal rafters. Cogging, or cocking, is a species of notch extending on one side, and having a narrow cog…
Mechanical engineering
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