Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 169
the angle of the slope, sothat there is likely to be some misunderstanding about it. Usually,however, some one system is in use in any one section of the countryand there is a general understanding that this is the system intendedwhen speaking of the pitch of a roof. The most simple way of… … Fig. 17-4. Plan of Roof Framing Showing Use of Four Kinds of Rafters or sixty degrees. This system is much in use among civil engineers,by whom it is favored on account of its accuracy and the smallprobability of its being misunderstood, but it is not much in useamong carpenters and architects, who…
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