Practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant, shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building .. rules of carpentry .. the proportion of the five orders .. with plans and elevations of gentlemens and farm-houses, yards, barns, . To face PLATE IV. Figure A is a Plan to be Groind. j A IV I D E the Bafe Line a of the given Rib into equal Parts, andthat of d into the fame Number of Parts, and draw Lines to theArch Line of a, and likewife in d at pleafure; then take i, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, &c. from a, and transfer them to d, as 1, 2, 3, 4
Practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant, shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building .. rules of carpentry .. the proportion of the five orders .. with plans and elevations of gentlemens and farm-houses, yards, barns, . To face PLATE IV. Figure A is a Plan to be Groind. j A IV I D E the Bafe Line a of the given Rib into equal Parts, andthat of d into the fame Number of Parts, and draw Lines to theArch Line of a, and likewife in d at pleafure; then take i, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, &c. from a, and transfer them to d, as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, &c. andthro the Point 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 ; trace the Arch Line over d, and fo for theReft, as is plain to Infpection. The Angle Bracket is done in the fameManner. To defcribe a Circular Soffit in a Circular Wall, as in B. Draw theCord Line of the Arch, or Bafe Line fo called, to touch the Arch of theWall, then draw the Semi-Circle and divide the Round of it in a Numberof equal Parts as here into 9, but the more Parts the truer the Work,and draw them to the Arch of the Wall, then ftretch out the Arch Line atLength as in e, and transfer the Parts that are between the Wall and BafeLine, as 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, &c. to e, which gives the Edge of the Soffitor Pannel. To defcribe a C
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