The carpenter's and joiner's hand-book: containing a complete treatise on framing hip and valley roofs. Together with much valuable instruction for all mechanics and amateurs, useful rules, tables, etc. ... Illustrated by thirty-seven engravings (1863)
Holly, H. W. (Henry Wells) · Norwich, Conn., Published by H. W. Holly · leaf 25
Let a (Fig. 9) be the common bracket;draw the parallel lines o o o, to meet the 20 THE CARPENTER S mitre line c / square up on each line at c,and set the distances 1, 2, 3, 4, &c, on thecommon bracket, from the line d, on thesmall lines from c ; through these points, 2,4, 6, &c, trace the… … Let a (Fig. 10) be the width of the baseto the cone. Draw the line b through thecentre of the cone; extend the line of theside c till it meets the line b at d / on d fora centre, with 1 and 2 for a radius, describe HAND-BOOK. 21 e, which will be the shape of the base re-quired ; f will be the joint…
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