Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 193
quare or by finding the squareroot of the sums of the squares of the three dimensions. The lattermethod gives V 144 + 100 + 64=17.5=17 feet 6 inches (approx.). The layout of a hip rafter is the same in principle as the layoutof a valley rafter. To find the run of a hip rafter, find the diagonalof a… … Fig. 201. Plan for Valley Rafter Connecting Two Roofs of Unequal Pitchand Width and this distance is 14.14 feet or 14 feet 1^ inches. The rise of thehip is the same as the rise of the common rafter. If, then, the rise is8 feet, use 141 inches on the blade and 8 inches on the tongue to layoft the…
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