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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 170

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itering, which isfrequently met with in the usual practice ofbuilding. Fig. 126 represents the plan of a hipand valley roof, the main part being a plain gableroof, and the wing part is hipped, forming twohips and two valleys, as shown in the sketch.We will suppose that the ends of the rafters areto… … Fig. 126 With these joints there is a double bevel to themiter, which seems to lead a good manymechanics to resort to the old cut and try rule.The proper bevel to cut may be readily foundfrom the diagram, Fig. 126. After drawing thehip and valley lines and ridge lines, showing theplan of roof, set…

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