Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 155
To make a good tie-joint requires great attention on the part cf the carpenter ; and, for uniting wall-plates, the dovetail joint, Fig. 2444, is sometimes adopted. If the effects that 0444 shrinking may produce be taken into consideration, the more usual system of 1 -1, *, halving, Fig. 2443, is…
Mechanical engineering
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