Bench work in wood: a course of study and practice designed for the use of schools and colleges (1902)
Goss, W. F. M. (William Freeman Myrick), 1859-1928 · Boston, Ginn & company · leaf 29
surface feet as it contains linear feet; thatis, a board 12 wide and 14 long will have an area of 14 squarefeet. The figures given under 12 correspond to the usuallength to which lumber is cut, and on most squares they are8, 10, 14, 16, and 18; and, since the figure representing thearea differs… … 21. The Brace-measure Table gives the length of each sideof several right-angled triangles. A brace in carpentry is a timber inserted diagonally between two othertimbers which usually are at right angles toeach other. If it is required to insert a braceC between A and B^ Fig. 30, its length maybe…
Woodwork (Manual training)
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