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ally be best to use rafters and headers cut in 

 for circles 4 feet apart to nail the roof boards 

 to, which are cut as represented at 

 H, Fig. 4. 



The conical roof may be covered 

 with ordinary shingles, splitting those 

 wider than 8 inches. By laying the 

 butts of the shingles % to % of an 

 inch apart, it is not necessary to taper 

 any of the shingles, except a few 

 courses near the peak of the roof. 



In laying the shingles to a true 

 circle, and with the right exposure to 

 the weather, a good method is to use 

 a strip of wood as a radius which 

 works on a center set at the peak of 

 the roof, and provided with a nail or 

 pencil to make a mark on the shingle 

 where the butts of the next course 

 are to come. The radius may be FIG. 4. 

 bored with a series of holes the right distance 

 apart to slip over the center pivot, or the nail 



may be drawn and reset as desired. Some car- 



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