A practical treatise on the steel square and its application to everyday use : being an exhaustive collection of steel square problems and solutions, "old and new", with many original and useful additions, forming a complete encyclopedia of steel square knowledge, together with a brief history of the square, and description of tables, keys and other aids and attachments (1903)
Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919 · Riverside, Ill. : Radford Architectural Co. · leaf 120
THE STEEL SQUARE 117 lay the angle of the square on the foot of hipwhere it fits the plate, taking care that it is ex-actly true from each corner, mark by and trans-fer them up the sides and you have its correctbevel. (Figs. 60. and 70.) Fig. 71 is a roof having three gables, each . 9. c being a… … 3-0--,! Fig. 71 side of left gable, E, we will consider first.Take the run 13 on the blade and 8 on therise of the tongue, measure across with your2-foot rule (or lay the square to a straight-edge) and you get 15 #, equal to 15 feet 3 inches,which is the length. Take 13 on the blade,8 on the…
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