A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 108
or inches upright to 3 feet or inches horizontal)or of a given angle (30 degrees, 45 degrees, etc.).An ingenious instrument is sold, devised for theeasy determination of the pitch of roof andmuch used by carpenters, surveyors, and the like.It is furnished witli a spirit level, ami by the useof… … Piscin.a. : Blythford Church, Suffolk;150 c. i:ioo. PITCH The pitch of roofs has generally been deter-mined by two considerations taken together ;one, the amount of rainfall or snowfall whichis to be expected during the year, or any seasonof the year; the other, the material with whichthe roof is…
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