Modern Carpentry: A Practical Manual ...

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Fr. J. Drake, 1917 - 402 páginas
 

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Página 190 - V- (3) The following table gives the pressure per square foot on a flat surface normal to the direction of the wind for different velocities as calculated by formula (3). Vel. in miles Pressure, Ibs. per per hour. square foot. 10 0.4 Fresh breeze. 20 1.6 30 3.6 Strong wind. 40 6.4 High wind. 50 10.0 Storm. 60 14.4 Violent storm. 80 25.6 Hurricane. 100 40.0 Violent hurricane. The...
Página 177 - Quantity of material In every four lineal feet of exterior wall in a balloon frame building, height of wall being given...
Página 184 - One thousand shingles, laid 4 inches to the weather, will cover 100 square feet of surface, and 5 pounds of shingle nails will fasten them on. One-fifth more siding and flooring is needed than the number of square feet of surface to be covered, because of the lap in the siding and matching.
Página 13 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Página 188 - To Compute the Number of Slates of a Given Size Required per Square Subtract 3 inches from the length of the slate, multiply the remainder by the width and divide by 2. Divide 14,400 by the number so found and the result will be the number of slates required.
Página 57 - Nm, parallel to that axis, the sections MAN, mna, which result, are hyperbolas. In place of two cones opposite to each other, geometricians sometimes suppose four cones, which join on the lines EH, GB, Fig. 23, and of which axis form two right lines, Ff, FT, crossing the center C in the same plane. To describe a cycloid: The cycloid is the curve described by a point in the circumference of a circle rolling on a straight line, and is described as follows: 1.
Página 187 - ... bushel of hair will make enough good mortar to plaster 100 square yards. A cord of stone, 3 bushels of lime, and a cubic yard of sand, will lay 100 cubic feet of wall.
Página 69 - Strange as it may appear, n6t over one in fifty of those who use the square are able to read it, or in other words, able to explain the meaning and uses of the figures stamped on its two sides. The following will assist the young fellows who want to master the subject. The square consists of two arms, at right angles to each other, one of which is called the blade and which is two feet long, and generally two inches wide. The other arm is called the tongue, and may be any length from twelve to eighteen...
Página 188 - This will give the number of square inches covered per slate ; divide 14,400 (the number of square inches in a square,) by the number so found, and the result will be the number of slates required.
Página 164 - It is seldom, however, that the proportions of treads and risers are entirely a matter of choice. The space allotted to the stairs usually determines this proportion ; but the above will be found a useful standard, to which it is desirable to approximate. In the better class of buildings, the number of steps is considered in the plan, which it is the business of the Architect to arrange; and in such cases, the height of the story rod is simply divided into the number required. Pitch-Board. It will...

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