Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 151
are the hip rafters.To find the backing from any point h in Ad, drawthe perpendicular hg, cutting Aa in g; and throughg draw perpendicular to Aa the line ef, cutting 130 PRACTICAL CARPENTRY AB, AD in e and f. Make gk equal to gh, andjoin ke, kf; and the angle ekf is the angle of thebacking of the… … FIG. 151 DC, and join Ab, Db, for the seat of the hiprafters. From b set off on bA, bD, the lengths bd,be, equal to the height of the roof be, and join Ae,Dd, for the lengths of the hip rafters. To findthe backing of the rafter: In Ae, take any PRACTICAL CARPENTRY 131 point k, and draw kh…
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