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WEIGHTS AND LINE Required for 

 Common Sized Windows. 



EACH WEIGHT. 



8 X IO 

 8 X 12 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 



9 

 9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 x 

 10 X 

 10 

 10 

 II 

 II 

 II 

 II 



12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



II 

 12 

 13 

 14 



15 

 16 



12 



13 

 14 



15 

 16 



17 



18 



iS 



16 



17 

 18 



14 



15 

 16 



18 



20 



1% inch. 



4 lbs. 



4^ " 

 4^ " 



5 ," 



5^ " 



6 " 

 6 " 



■■2 



Line for each 

 weight. 



a# ft. 



2% - 



3 M 



3j< " 



3^ " 



3# " 



4 ■ 



3 , : 



3* " 



38 - 



2^ " 



4 " 



4^ " 



4^ " 



3^ " 



4 " 



*X " 



4 J A " 



3 l A " 



3K " 



4 " 



4^ " 

 5 



Each Hank contains 75 feet of Line. 

 NAILS, Size of. — The following table 

 will show at a glance the length of the 

 various sizes and the number of nails in 

 a pound. They are rated "3-penny" up 

 to " 20-penny." The first column gives 

 the number, the second the length in 

 inches, and the third the number per 

 pound — that is : 

 2 -penny 1 inch, 



.7 " 



From this table an estimate of quantity 



and suitable sizes for any job of work can 

 be made. 

 MEASURING, Paper-Hanging. —The 



various sorts of paper used for lining walls 

 it would be useless to describe. 



We have only to mention that English 

 papers are printed in pieces of 12 yards 

 in length, and 1 foot 8 inches wide; 

 hence, 1 yard in length contains 5 feet 

 superficial ; therefore, any number of su- 

 perficial feet divided by 60 (the length 

 36 feet X 1 foot 8 inches) will give the 

 number of pieces wanted for the work. 



American papers are 8 yards long, and 

 1 foot 6 inches wide; therefore, if the 

 number of feet contained in a room be 

 divided by 4.6, it will show the number 

 of yards, or, by 36, it will show the 

 number of pieces of paper required. 



French papers are 1 foot 6 inches 

 wide, and contain 9 yards; therefore, if 

 the number of feet requred to be covered 

 be known, divide by 4.6 for the number 

 of yards, and by 41.6 for the number of 

 pieces. 



ROOFING, A Cheap.— First cover the 

 roof with ordinary tongued and grooved 

 floor-boards, the same as you would lay 

 a floor; then take roofing-paper, to be 

 obtained in any large town or city, and 

 cover the boards with that, to be laid on 

 as shingles are laid, to lap over each 

 sheet about an inch, and fastened down 

 with large tacks. Over the paper spread 

 raw tar. Raw tar is that which is not 

 heated to render it thicker. It can be 

 spread with a trowel made of a shingle, 

 about the sixteenth of an inch deep. Next 

 take a sieve, fill it with sand, and 

 sprinkle as much over the tar as it will 

 absorb, sifting on the sand as each course 

 of tar is laid on, beginning on the upper 

 side of the roof, about half an inch 

 thick. 



Such a roof should have a slight 

 descent — say 1 foot in twelve, more or 

 less; and the tar should be laid on when 

 the heat of the sun will not cause it to 

 run out of its place before the sand is 

 put on it 



A mortar made of tar and sand, like a 

 thick paste, will stop any leaks in roofs, 

 especially around chimneys, that can be 

 covered by it. 



SAW, To Put in Order. — First, the saw 

 should be set; this may be done by laying 

 the blade flat upon a piece of heavy 

 plank or scantling, and bending the teeth 

 with a hammer and punch. The set, or 

 punch, can be made of a three-cornered 

 saw file, broken of at each end, and the 

 smallest end ground square. Set the 



