A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school (1911)
Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 43
Fig. 48 20 A Shorter Course in Woodworking To get a plumb-line hang any weight at the end of a cord. The cordwill be vertical as soon as it stops swinging (Fig. 57). The cord can behung on a board with a line gauged down the middle of the side, parallelto the edges (Fig. 58). When the cord hangs… … Fig. 49 apex of the notch, the edge of the board will be vertical. A long plumb ismore accurate than a short one in most cases. For example, the postplumbed as in Fig. 59 a, will be vertical, taken as a whole; but if only a partof it be plumbed, it may lean to one side (Fig. 59 b).
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