Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 144
d always of the thickness of a brick, which are built into the wall in the interior face at various parts, to afford means of attach- Zrtl°o™lZ£;kor interior wooden fittin^such as skirti*g Sometimes wall-plates are laid on the walls all round to receive the ends of thejois s ; but this is generally… … The disposition of the floor joists depends entirely upon size of the room. Thevarious modes ordinarily used will be best understood by reference to the accompany-ing figures. They apply equally to the ground floor and other floors throughoutthe building. The scantling, or dimensionsof joists, is…
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