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 28
Let a b (Fig. 12) be the given line. Drawthe line a c, at any convenient angle, to a b ;set the dividers any distance, as from 1 to 2,and run off on a c, as many points as youwish to divide the line a b into ; say 7 parts; HAND-BOOK.. 23 connect the point 7 with 5, and draw the lines at 6, 5, 4,… … Fig. 13. Let a and b (Fig. 13) be the given angles ;set off from the points of the angles equalsdistances each way, and from those pointssweep the parts of circles, as shown in thefigure. Then a line from the point of theangle through where the circles cross eachother, will be the mitre line. 24:…
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