Rudiments of the art of building : in five sections : general principles of construction, materials used in building, strength of materials, use of materials, working drawings, specifications and estimates (1871)
as cylinders, templets, cramps, &c., the description of which would unnecessarily Fig, 95. extend the limits of this volume 218. The principal operations of the joiner are sawing, planing, dovetailing, mortising, and scribing. The manner of forming a dovetail is shown in fig. 95. The projecting… … the mortice, which is cut slightly wider at the top than at the bottom, the adhesion of tba glue with which the wedges are first rubbed over, making it impossible for the tenon afterwards to draw out of its place. 219. Joints in the length of the stuff may be either square, as at a, fig. 97, or…
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