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der, and the rails are both alike, — two and three fourths 

 inches wide ; the inside pieces in both sashes are of the 

 same dimensions as the upright ones, and, in all, are 

 bevelled off, instead of a moulding, to about three eighths 

 of an inch in the center. Both sashes are strengthened 

 with iron rods, let in even with the surface of the under 

 part of the wood work, and screwed to each stile and in- 

 side, piece, as are the upright ones ; the glass is glazed in 

 the same way. 



The center, or ridge-piece, to which the rafters are let 

 in and secured, is a plank two inches thick and ten inch- 

 es wide ; the groove for each rafter to rest in is about 

 three eighths of an inch deep ; they are fastened togeth- 

 er by nails ; between the rafters, for the sash to rest on, 

 is a piece of plank. As the means of lowering or shut- 

 ting the upper light, or sash, a staple is placed in the 

 ridge-piece, to which is fastened the end of a line, that 

 is then led through a side pulley on the sash, and thence 

 through a standing pulley on the ridge-pole to the floor, 

 where it is secured. (Or, what is better, have a weight 

 of six, eight, or ten pounds attached, as may be necessa- 

 ry.) The pulleys are of iron, and screwed on to the 

 wood. The finish of the ridge-piece is with a capplug of 

 boards, that are of a width to cover the upper part, or 

 about an inch of the sash. The wood work of the house 

 is simply planed smooth, and painted ; there are no 

 beads or mouldings. On the rafters, after the sashes are 

 fitted in place, to make a finish, are capping boards of 

 suitable width. 



Two doors two feet eight inches wide, are placed oi> 



