The story of a house . =] Fig. 17. naturally somewhat bent, and place these two pieces so thatthe concavity shall be underneath, after having overlapped. Fig. IS. them, putting the end of one against the head of the other,you will give to this piece of wood all the resisting powerof which it is susceptible. 84 THE STORY OF A HOUSE. Couplings, and all double pieces, must be disposed accord-ing to this method. Here, for instance (Fig. 18), you see thatthey have rightly placed a pair of couplings, by putting thesawed parts on the outside, to replace a decayed call pieces of wood which
The story of a house . =] Fig. 17. naturally somewhat bent, and place these two pieces so thatthe concavity shall be underneath, after having overlapped. Fig. IS. them, putting the end of one against the head of the other,you will give to this piece of wood all the resisting powerof which it is susceptible. 84 THE STORY OF A HOUSE. Couplings, and all double pieces, must be disposed accord-ing to this method. Here, for instance (Fig. 18), you see thatthey have rightly placed a pair of couplings, by putting thesawed parts on the outside, to replace a decayed call pieces of wood which, usually double, hold fast twoor several pieces of carpentry, couplings. These couplings A,by means of notches in the middle of the wood, hold therafters B, the king-post C, and the two trusses D. Iron pinswith screw-nuts exactly clasp the notches of the couples asjaws would do, against the pieces which they are designed tokeep in place. But this is enough for to-day, and you willhave enough to do to write out, between this and evening,our lesson in carpentry. PLANTING THE HOUSE. 85
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