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Pain, William (1730?-1790?) / The practical house carpenter, or, Youth's instructor containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture; the five orders laid down by an entire new scale.
(1792)

To Find the Length and Backing of Hips, Square, or Bevel. Curb Roofs, Sections of Floors, Trussing Griders, Roofs in Ledgement.,   pp. Plate 7-To face Plate XV.

Page Plate 8

Plate 8. Trussing girders with the truss mortised in with an iron bolt and
screw. The method for scarfing 
and cocking wall plates under floors, roofs &c. Two sketches for trusses
for roofs.
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