The Builder's Practical Guide: Containing a Complete Explanation of the Principles of Science, as Applied to Very Branch of Building ...: To which is Added an Appendix, Containing an Easy and Complete Introduction to the Scientific Principles of Geometry and Mensuration ...1830 - Building - 182 pages |
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Page 526
... Plastering Methods of casting Plaster Ornaments in Moulds Methods of working Stucco , Cement , Scagliola , & c . SLATERS ' WORK . Qualities , sizes , and names of Slates Description and Uses of Tools used by Slaters Mensuration of ...
... Plastering Methods of casting Plaster Ornaments in Moulds Methods of working Stucco , Cement , Scagliola , & c . SLATERS ' WORK . Qualities , sizes , and names of Slates Description and Uses of Tools used by Slaters Mensuration of ...
Page 532
... Plastering . BRICKS . The earth best adapted for the manufacture of brick is of a clayey loam , neither containing too much argillaceous mat ter , which causes it to shrink in the drying , nor too much sand , which has a tendency to ...
... Plastering . BRICKS . The earth best adapted for the manufacture of brick is of a clayey loam , neither containing too much argillaceous mat ter , which causes it to shrink in the drying , nor too much sand , which has a tendency to ...
Page 536
... plaster of Paris , & c . Arches upon this principle , having any lateral pressure , can neither expand at the foot , nor spring at the crown , consequently they want no abutments , requiring only perpendicular walls to be let into , or ...
... plaster of Paris , & c . Arches upon this principle , having any lateral pressure , can neither expand at the foot , nor spring at the crown , consequently they want no abutments , requiring only perpendicular walls to be let into , or ...
Page 537
... plastering , or skirting , & c . , the pieces of timber ought to be so disposed that the ends of the pieces be in a line with the wall . In a wall faced with ashlar , the stones are generally about 2 feet or 2 feet in length , 12 inches ...
... plastering , or skirting , & c . , the pieces of timber ought to be so disposed that the ends of the pieces be in a line with the wall . In a wall faced with ashlar , the stones are generally about 2 feet or 2 feet in length , 12 inches ...
Page 540
... plaster , supported by timber ribs . În stone - cutting , a narrow surface formed by a point or chisel , on the surface of a stone , so as to coincide with a traight edge , is called a draught . The formation of stone arches has always ...
... plaster , supported by timber ribs . În stone - cutting , a narrow surface formed by a point or chisel , on the surface of a stone , so as to coincide with a traight edge , is called a draught . The formation of stone arches has always ...
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Page 674 - The square of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Page 664 - Proportion, when the ratio is the same between every two adjacent terms, viz. when the first is to the second, as the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and so on, all in the same common ratio.
Page 679 - MULTIPLY the radius, or half the diameter, by half the arc of the sector, for the area. Or, multiply the whole diameter by the whole arc of the sector, and take -f .of the product.
Page 679 - Find also the area of the triangle, formed by the chord of the segment and the two radii of the sector. Then...
Page 680 - Multiply the sum of the two parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them, and half the product will be the area.
Page 681 - Sides 5 6 7 8 9 10 To find the area of a polygon: Multiply the sum of the sides (perimeter of the polygon) by the perpendicular dropped from its center to one of its sides, and half the product will be the area. This rule applies to all regular polygons. FIGURE 3.57 Polygons.
Page 688 - To 3 times the square of the radius of the segment's base, add the square of its height ; then multiply the sum by the height, and the product by -5236, for the content.
Page 565 - The heart of a tree is never in its centre, but always nearer to the north side, and the annual coats of wood are thinner on that side. In conformity with this, it is a general opinion of carpenters that timber is stronger whose annual plates are thicker.
Page 627 - Indeed the greatest part of the mystery of painting stucco, so as to stand or wear well, certainly consists in attending to these observations ; for whoever has observed the expansive power of water, not only in congelation, but also in evaporation, must be well aware that when it meets with any foreign body obstructing its escape, as oil painting for instance, it immediately resists it, forming a number of vesicles or particles, containing an acrid...
Page 587 - ... lower floor : divide the rod into as many equal parts as there are to be risers, then, if you have a level surface to work upon below the stair, try each of the risers as you go on, and this will prevent any excess or defect ; for any error, however small, when multiplied, becomes of considerable magnitude, and even the difference of an inch in the last riser...