cut-ting down the legs of the chair a fewinches is immediately felt by all to bea decided gain in comfort. However,this being done without any idea of theprinciples involved is only a partial re-lief. The back is straightened up nearthe entire line of the chair-back, andis better braced ; and the… … front legs had only been shortened 2inches, and the back, supposed to be in-flexible, and to be hinged at the backpart of the chair-seat, could have beenthrown forward 1 inch at the top, allow-ing a perpendicular line from the frontof the chair-seat to the floor to be rathershorter than one from…
Architecture
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