Carpentry made easy, or, The science and art of framing, on a new and improved system : with specific instructions for building balloon frames, barn frames, mill frames, warehouses, church spires, etc., comprising also a system of bridge building, with bills, estimates of cost, and valuable tables ... (1857)
Bell, William E · Philadelphia : Howard Challen · leaf 59
y, as infinding the bevels of rafterS: Fig. 3 represents a small ivory rule, drawn full size. It is intro-duced here for the purpose of showing the manner of taking themeasure of hundredths of an inch. It will be perceived that one of theinch spaces of the rule is divided into ten parts, by lines… … PLATE 4. Balloon Frames. As BjUloon Frames are the simplest of all, they are the first to claimour attention. The SiUs. Where sqrare timber can conveniently be furnished for sills, it isbest to have it; but small buildings can be very well constructedwithout squiire sills, even when resting upon…
Carpentry · Bridges
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