Carpentry Mady EasyReprint of the original, first published in 1859. |
Contents
GEOMETRY | 10 |
Definitions | 17 |
Problem | 39 |
USE OF THE SQUARN IN OBTAining Bevels | 43 |
BALLOON FRAMES | 47 |
Size of mortices | 55 |
MILL FRANES | 61 |
FLOORS IN BRICK BUILDINGS | 69 |
HIPS AND VALLEYS | 73 |
Backing of the octagonal hip rafters | 79 |
CHURCH SPIRES 89 | 80 |
BRIDGE BUILDING | 89 |
TRESTLE BRIDGES | 96 |
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BRidge Building | 107 |
EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES | 113 |
Octagonal Roofs | 125 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
12 feet 12 inches added altitude arch base beam blade bolts braces bridge building called centre circle common rafter constructed corner Cross described designed diagonal difference distance divided draw drawn equal example exhibits feet feet long figure foot formed four frame girder give given half hence hip rafters inch Rise inches intersection iron jack rafters joists length less lower lower chord lower end bevel manner measured middle mortice multiplied obtained octagon opposite parallel parallelogram perpendicular pieces pitch Plate polygon practical principal Prop proper proportion Proposition purlin post quantities rectangle regular represented right angles rise rods roof rules short side side bevel sills similar span square root straight line strain studding supported surface Table Theorem thickness third timber tongue triangle weight width