The Modern House-carpenter's Companion and Builder's Guide: Being a Hand-book for Workmen, and a Manual of Reference for Contractors and Builders ...Cupples, Upham, 1884 - 210 Seiten |
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12 inches answer arch bevel Bisect brace breadth building bushels centre line circle circumference column common rafters complete divisor Composite orders corner cornice cube root cubic centimetre cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches curved rafter decimal denominator describe diagonal diameter divide division draw a line draw the line ellipse extract the square feet long foot fraction French roof glue hip rafter hip roof inches deep inches wide Ionic Order kerf least common least common multiple length in feet line A B marked Measure metre mitre mitre joint multiply nailed number of cubic number of inches number of square ornament piece pitch Plate quotient radius rake moulding represents result ridge-piece rise riser Rule shingles shown side sills slant slide-rule span square feet square root straight rafter STRENGTH OF MATERIALS timber trial divisor trial figure valley rafter weight width window workmen
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Seite 170 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Seite 182 - Cornice. — Any moulded projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed, as the cornice of an order, of a pediment, of a door, window, or house.
Seite 164 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Seite 145 - The square root of any number is that number which, when multiplied by itself, will produce the given number.
Seite 172 - Extract the roots, and proceed as in Rule above. RULES IN MENSURATION. To find the contents of an irregular body. Immerse the body in a vessel full of water, and measure the quantity of water displaced. To find the area of a rectangle. Multiply the length by the breadth. To find the area of a triangle. Multiply the base by one-half the altitude. Or, From half the sum of the three sides subtract each side separately ; multiply together the half sum and the three remainders, and extract the square...
Seite 179 - There is also the Plastering-bead, which is nailed on to the corner of the stud or furring which forms the external angle of a partition. It is sometimes called a Rule Joint-bead. Beam. — A horizontal timber used to resist a force or weight, as a Tie-beam, where it is used to tie the work together ; as a Collar-beam, when it is used to connect and brace two opposite rafters. Blockings. — Small pieces of wood fitted and glued in the internal angle formed by the side of one board being fastened...
Seite 160 - The sign -f (divided by) indicates that the number on the left hand is to be divided by the number on the right hand. The sign = (equal to) indicates that the result of the figures before it amounts to the number placed after it. The sign y/ is called the radical sign ; and, if it has a figure 2 placed over it, it signifies that the square root of the number before which it is placed is required. If it has the figure 3 placed over it, then it is the cube root which is required. In figuring drawings,...
Seite 154 - Multiply the safe-load given in the table by 6 times the breadth, and by the square of the depth in inches, and divide the product by the length in feet.
Seite 187 - Roman pitch, in which the rise is ^'h to f"" of the span. Plate. — A piece of timber which supports the ends of the rafters. Plinth. — A square, projecting, vertically faced member, forming the lowest division of the base of a column. The plain, projecting face at the bottom of a wall, immediately above the ground. Planceer or Plancher. — The under side of a cornice ; a soffit. Porch. — A kind of vestibule at the entrance of temples, •churches, halls, and other buildings ; hence, an ornamental...
Seite 164 - Find the greatest square number in the left hand period, and write its root for the first figure in the root; subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend.