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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 96

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ROOFING Fig. 55. A hip roof with two corners out ofsquare is given as an example, the dimensions of THE STEEL SQUARE 93 which are: Width, 15 feet; rise of roof, 5 feet; … Fig. 55 length, 30 feet on the shorter side; 33 feet on thelonger. The timbers, ad, cb, eg, eg, are the hiprafters; JJ the jack rafters. The seats of eachhip rafter should form a square, so that eachpair of jack rafters, JJ for instance, may be cutof equal length. Lengths and Bevels of Hip…

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