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 261
FIG. 165 (which are ordinary courses), and it makes a veryconvenient all-around rule, hanuner and hatchet,and in the hands of a mechanic a very good roofcan be laid even without the aid of chalk lines orstraight edge. To cover a circular dome with horizontalboarding, proceed as follows: 228… … FIG. 166 dicular to AC, cutting the circumference in B.Now divide the arc BC into equal parts, so thateach part will be rather less than the width of aboard, and join the points of division by straightHues, which will form an inscribed polygon of so PRACTICAL CARPENTRY 229 many sides; and through…
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