Descriptive catalogue of the woods commonly employed in this country for the mechanical and ornamental arts (1852)
London : Holtzapffel · leaf 68
55 CONSTRUCTION OP A BOX, ETC. jointed parallel rule,) which might happen if the dove-tails, shown on a larger scale in fig. 20, were loosely fitted. Fig. 19. Fig. 20. … "When the grain of the four sides, A, B, C, D, runs in the same direction, or parallel with the edges of the box or drawer, as shown by the shade lines on A and B, and the pieces are equally wet or dry, they will contract or expand equally, and without any mischief or derangement happening to the…
Wood -- Identification · Woodwork -- Great Britain
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