The story of a house . Fig. Fio. 84. Fig. 33.—BINDING-JOISTS AND TRIMMERS. —Pa,. —PI RSPE< 1 IVE VIEW. Page 132. SEVERAL OBSERVATIONS. 133 CHAPTEE XII. PAUL ADDRESSES CERTAIN OBSERVATIONS TO HIS COUSIN, AND RECEIVES HIS REPLIES. ^AUL, with his head bent over his paper covered -ly^-i with sketchings, his hands on his knees, kept -;-, thinking to himself how his cousin had marked over a good deal of paper in making the ceilings, which hadalways seemed to him the simplest thing in the saw little distinction, in his mind, between a sheet ofpaper spread upon a board, and a ceilin
The story of a house . Fig. Fio. 84. Fig. 33.—BINDING-JOISTS AND TRIMMERS. —Pa,. —PI RSPE< 1 IVE VIEW. Page 132. SEVERAL OBSERVATIONS. 133 CHAPTEE XII. PAUL ADDRESSES CERTAIN OBSERVATIONS TO HIS COUSIN, AND RECEIVES HIS REPLIES. ^AUL, with his head bent over his paper covered -ly^-i with sketchings, his hands on his knees, kept -;-, thinking to himself how his cousin had marked over a good deal of paper in making the ceilings, which hadalways seemed to him the simplest thing in the saw little distinction, in his mind, between a sheet ofpaper spread upon a board, and a ceiling. When his cousinasked him, Do you quite understand ? Paul, hesitating alittle, said, I think so, and added, after a pause, but,cousin, why not make the floorings and ceilings as else-where ? It seems complicated to you, my cousin, and you wishto simplify the task. It is not entirely that; but how are they usually made .Are all these means used? I have not seen any of theseashlavings, binding-joists, trimmers, and corbels
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