Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work .. (1912)
American School (Lansing, Ill.) · Chicago, American school of correspondence · leaf 437
thefoot of run. When jacks are placed between hips and valleys as shown at1, 2, 3, 4, etc., in Fig. 14, a better method of treatment is shown inFig. 29, where the slope of the roof is projected into the horizontalplane. The distance from the plate in this figure to the ridge m, equalsthe length of… … THE STEEL SQUARE 21 and also the lengths of the hip and the two valleys. It also gives thebevels for the jacks, as well as the bevel to fit the hip and valley againstthe ridge; but this last bevel must be applied to the hip and valleywhen backed. It has been shown before, that the figures to be…
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