Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 644
he greatest importance frame. The longer ones are selected for thecenter, the shorter ones being used near the ends.They are soaked in a bath-tub full of hot wa-ter, after which they can be bent to the de-sired shape. In placing the ribs it is best to work from thecenter, one rib at a time,… … to have both sides of exactly the same curva-ture. By turning the frame upside down andstanding at one end, any irregularity can beseen and remedied. First-class cross-ribs, tobe found everywhere, can be made of sugar-barrel hoops. This wood is strong and tough,easily worked and easily bent. These…
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