Practical Carpentry: Being a Guide to the Correct Working and Laying Out of All Kinds of Carpenters' and Joiners' Work. With the Solutions of the Various Problems in Hip-roofs, Gothic Work, Centering ... Etc. To which is Prefixed a Thorough Treatise on "Carpenters' Geometry." |
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Practical Carpentry: Being a Guide to the Correct Working and Laying Out of ... Frederick Thomas Hodgson No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 143 - MEASURE OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes «= 1 Hour 24 Hours => 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days =• 1 Lunar Month...
Page 125 - To find the Area of a Triangle. Rule ] . Multiply the base by the perpendicular height, and half the product will be the area.
Page 144 - And the said party of the second part, for himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, doth covenant and agree to and with the said party of the first part...
Page 144 - And, for the true and faithful performance of all and every of the covenants and agreements above mentioned, the parties to these presents bind themselves, each unto the other, in the penal sum of dollars, as fixed and settled damages, to be paid by the failing party.
Page 10 - Line is such that it cannot be cut by a straight line in more than...
Page 125 - To measure a Parallelogram, or long square. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area or superficial content.
Page 129 - To find the solidity of a cube or right prism. Rule. — Multiply the area of the base by the perpendicular height, and the product will be the solid contents.
Page 125 - From half the sum of the three sides subtract each side ; multiply the half sum and the three remainders together, and the square root of the product will be the area required.
Page 126 - To find the area of a trapezium. RULE. — Divide the trapezium into two triangles by a diagonal, and then find the areas of these triangles ; their sum will be the area of the trapezium.
Page 15 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.