. The book of the garden. Gardening. sufficient bed of concrete to enable them. to resist the strain of the tension-rods, which are fixed to their upper end, as seen in fig. 516, a a. These columns may be architectural or not, according to taste, and may be finished at top with any appropriate ornament. Both sides of the structure are the same, and the columns are carried up opposite the val- leys, to give the necessary fulcrum to the suspension-rods. Fig. 517 is a section of the gutters, while fig. 516 is that of the longitudinal line. The following descrip- tion will more clearly explain the
. The book of the garden. Gardening. sufficient bed of concrete to enable them. to resist the strain of the tension-rods, which are fixed to their upper end, as seen in fig. 516, a a. These columns may be architectural or not, according to taste, and may be finished at top with any appropriate ornament. Both sides of the structure are the same, and the columns are carried up opposite the val- leys, to give the necessary fulcrum to the suspension-rods. Fig. 517 is a section of the gutters, while fig. 516 is that of the longitudinal line. The following descrip- tion will more clearly explain the con- struction :—The gutter, as above, is formed of malleable iron boiler-plates a quarter of an inch thick, having a sole, of malleable iron rolled to the shape shown. To this bottom plate the sides are joined by rivets f-inch diameter, and 3 inches apart, as shown by the dotted line in longitudinal section. In the upper edge of the gutter are fixed by f rivets, 4 inches apart, two pieces of angle iron, e b, made to suit any angle which the roof may require. This gutter is made all in one length, and divided into five equal distances, n m p r, on fig. 516. At each of these divisions is fixed a strap d, 3 inches broad, f thick,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood
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