Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs (1900)
Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946 · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 403
a rule and pencil draw the line through thesepoints. If you were to make the points so near together as totouch, you would have the line without needing the ruler. Thisis what the gauge does. It makes a continuous measurement anda continuous mark, which is of course the line required. The only… … end flat on the surface of the board so tliat it lai)s over two inchesfrom the edge (Fig. 52<S). Phu:e the forefinger underneath,against the edge, so that the end of the rule will remain twoinches from the edge, and simply slide rule and finger along theedge, holding a pencil at the end of the…
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