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 49
is, a is a file measuring HAND-BOOK. & one inch, on all sides; cnt off h, making afile I inch on the sides, it will readily be seenthat the angle is exactly the same. Simple as this fact is, it is unknown tomany. 38. Does a pile of wood on a side Milpiled perpendicularly, eight feet long,… … Place this frame on a side hill, so as to giveit the position in Fig. 36, it will be seen thatthe 8 ft. sides are brought nearer together,thus lessening its capacity. Continue to in-crease the steepness of the ground, as at Fig.37, or more, the 8 ft. sides would finally
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