The Carpenter's Cyclopedia: Comprising Modern Carpentry, Plain, and Advanced Practical Uses of the Steel Square, Timber Framing, Light and Heavy S

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Excerpt from The Carpenter's Cyclopedia: Comprising Modern Carpentry, Plain, and Advanced Practical Uses of the Steel Square, Timber Framing, Light and Heavy Stair-Building and HandrailingWhen a man becomes a good workman, it goes with out saying that he has also become possessor of a fair amount of practical geometrical knowledge, though he may not be aware of the fact.The workman who can construct a roof, hipped, gabled, or otherwise, cutting' all his material on the ground, has attained an advanced practical knowledge of geometry, though he may never have heard of Euclid or opened a book relating to the science. Some of the best workmen I have met were men who knew nothing of geometry as taught in the books, yet it was no trouble for them to lay out a circular or elliptical stairway, or construct a rail over them, a feat that requires a knowledge of geometry of a high order to properly accomplish.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.