Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 30
tudding and 2x7 rafters are com-mon, but in the West odd widths are not generally carried in stock. Outside and inside finishing wood of the common kinds are usuallysawn 1, ij, i\, 2 and 2\ inches in thickness. Flooring is usuallysawn 1 and \\ inch thick, so as to finish to § and 1^ inch.… … Fig. 17. 28 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. A veneer is a thin strip cut from a board by a shaving machine,thirty veneers being allowed to each board of an inch thickness, theboards of the most costly woods running about 2 feet wide and 10feet in length. Measurement of Lumber.—Framing timber, planks…
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