 PAINTERS' WORK. PAINTERS' work is computed in square yards. Every part is measured where the colour lies ; and the measuring line is forced into all the mouldings and corners. Windows are done at so much a piece. And it is usual to allow double measure...  A Treatise on Mensuration for the Use of Schools - Page 162by Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - 1837 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Davies - Geometrical drawing - 1846 - 254 pages
...cornice. SECTION VIII. PAINTERS' WORK. How is painters' work computed, and what allowances are made? Painters' work is computed in square yards. Every part is measured where the color lies, and the measuring line is carried into all the mouldings and cornices. Windows are generally... | |
 | James Wharton - 1847 - 224 pages
...of an inch and half bore, at 4d. per Ib., admitting each yard to weigh 18 Ibs. ? Ans. £39PAINTERS' WORK. PAINTERS' work is computed in square yards....casements, &c., are charged at a certain price per piece. 1. If a room be painted, whose height (being girt over the moulding) is 16 feet 4 inches, and the compass... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...feet of lath plaster work. 1 bundle of laths, and 5 hundred of nails, will cover 4i yards superficial. PAINTERS- WORK. Painters' work is computed in square yards. Every part is measured whe.re the color lies: and the measuring line is forced into all the moldings and corners. Windows are done at... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Measurement - 1849 - 156 pages
...in the four walk, and also in the ceiling, and the cost of the whole at 12 J cents per square yard. PAINTERS- WORK. Painters- work is computed in square yards; every part is measured whore the colour lies, and the measuring line is carried into all the mouldings and cornices. Windows... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1861 - 316 pages
...a door 7 feet by 4. Ans. 53 yards 5 feet 3 inches of rendering, 18 5 6 of ceiling, 39 0 of cornice. PAINTERS' WORK. — Painters' work is computed in...line is forced into all the mouldings and corners. Windows are done at so much apiece. And it is usual 10 iHow double measure for carved mouldings, &c.... | |
 | Thomas Baker (C.E.) - 1865 - 174 pages
...only for a door 7 feet by 4. {53yds. 5ft. 3 in. of rendering. 18 5 6 of ceiling. 39 O'fJ of cornice. PAINTERS' WORK. Painters' work is computed in square...line is forced into all the mouldings and corners. Windows are done at so much a piece ; and it is usual to allow double measure for carved mouldings,... | |
 | John Alexander Henderson - 1872 - 64 pages
...area of the cornice. PAINTERS' WORK. How is painters' work computed, and what allowances are made? Painters' work is computed in square yards. Every part is measured where the color lies, and the measuring line is carried into all the mouldings and cornices. Windows are generally... | |
 | David White Goodrich - Ready-reckoners - 1873 - 220 pages
...cts. per yard ; the length being 21 feet 8 inches, and the breadth 14 feet 10 inches ? Ans. $8.92. PAINTERS' WORK. Painters' work is computed in square yards. Every part is measured where the color lies, and the measuring line is forced into all the mouldings and corners. "Windows are done... | |
 | Samuel G. Beatty - Accountants - 1877 - 308 pages
...numbers by the girth, which is 8\ inches, and the sum of the products will be the area of the cornice. PAINTERS' WORK. Painters' work is computed in square yards. Every part Is measured where the color lies,and the measuring line is carried into all the mouldings and cornices. Windows are generally... | |
 | Henry H. Hutton - Measurement - 1882 - 178 pages
...by the piece. 114. Painting is measured by the square yard. Every part is measured where the color lies, and the measuring line is forced into all the...mouldings and corners. Double measure is allowed for curved mouldings. Windows are done for so much a piece. Sash frames for so much a dozen. Sky-lights,... | |
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