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 144
scale, and is designed for changinga square timber to an octagon, or for findingthe width of the side of an octagon of a given FRAMING 119 diameter. In Fig. 65 is shown a part of thisscale. But very few understand it, or are eveninterested enough in it to look it up. It isquite evident that the… … r— T — I6 ?5; Fig. 65. Octagon Scale and Another Method. cient for solving all problems of this kind, forhe wandered from the path of simplicity into abyway to exemjolify a single problem in thepolygons, then leaving the would-be learnerignorant of any apparent reason why his scalegives correct…
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