The builder's dictionary, or, Gentleman and architect's companion : explaining not only the terms of art in all the several parts of architecture, but also containing the theory and practice of the various branches thereof ... : also necessary problems in arithmetic, geometry, mechanics, perspective, hydraulics, and other mathematical sciences : together with the quantities proportions, and prices of all kinds of materials used in building ... (1734)
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1750, Devoto, John, fl. 1719-1752 · London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ..., and S. Austen ... · leaf 219
upnn the Line AB into feven e-qual Parts; take five ot them tomake the Height of the StoryAG and B D, and the faidl^eight will be fcventcen Feet two Inches from the Floor untqthe Joirts. Or divide the faid Height intofour Parts; and three of ihofeParts will likewilegive a greaterHeight, Let the… … qual Part?, three nf whicli youmud take for the Height of theStory, which will be eighteenFeet from the Floor to thejoift. fhc Height cfthe Chatnhirs ofiht fecond Story (hall be a^velfth Part lefs than the Cham- Ijers below; as fuppofe its firflStory be fixtecn Ftet from theFloor to the Joift,…
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