Richey's guide and assistant for carpenters and mechanics : a work of practical information, giving almost every geometrical and practical problem likely to arise in the work of the carpenter, and quick and easy methods for their solution : the use of the steel square, etc., tables showing strength and weight of materials, methods of framing, useful recipes, etc., etc. (1894)
Richey, H. G. (Harry Grant), b. 1868 · New York : W.T. Comstock · leaf 66
FOR CARPENTERS AND MECHANICS. 59 e b; then divide a e and a c into the same number of equalparts, as i, 2, 3, etc.; then draw lines from c to 5, 6, 7, etc.;then draw Hnes from ^ to i, 2, 3, etc.; then draw thecurved Hne through the intersections, as shown. … 73—To Draw an Ellipse with a String.—Drawthe long diameter, Fig. 78, as a b; then half the short di-ameter, as c d; then, with c as centre and a d 2iS radius,describe arcs bisecting a b ^i i and 2, at which points drivea nail to fasten the string; then fasten the string at i andstretch to c, at…
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