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 38
s s,tack them together at d, bring the edges outto the pins at e; tack on the brace f, tokeep them in place; hold a pencil at thepoint d ; then move the point d, towards e,both ways, keeping the strips hard againstthe pins at e, e, and the pencil will describethe curve, which is a portion of an… … Fig. 24. 27. Fig. 24 shows the method of forming a curve by intersection of lines. If the points 1, 2, 3, &c!, are equal on both sides. the curve will be part of a circle.3* 34 THE CAKPENTER S 28. Fig. 25 shows how to form an ellipti-cal curve by intersections. Divide the dis-tance a b, into as…
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