GATE 
ry oer between the two hinges, fo will be 67-8ths inches 
to double the horizontal dittance of two perpendicular lines, 
n each other, 
may be aul ; he 
n s, as the firft and fecond term 
of a rule of three proportions, and the new diltance of the 
hinges mutt. be the third term, the anfwer, divided by two, 
will be the fought-for horizontal -difance of the tw 0, the per- 
pendicular lines falling from the hooks (adding the lois in 
banging the gate) » the anfwer for one is the meafure for the 
her 
i is believed that ee general rules will find a tolera- 
ble accurate meafure in all cafes; for where a gate, or 
w icket, i is fhort and light, the frigtion of the hinges will be 
lefs in two refpeéts, both by the epee preffure on the 
hooks, from the gate’s lightnefs, and the reduced diameter 
of the pivots, which ies ~ ply what-is w aitie in the weight 
or momentum of the _ On the mea hand, when the 
e hinges.” 
e old 2 hinges are ae fete with - we h 
rinbles, as pao ty ist a be me t by taking the prope! 
n for 
00 
ong linda pees cies are 
o bind upon the hooks, a wil! fometimes 
— With ‘fach thimbles, 
fore 
the thimbles 3 in nev 
“3 
“Be 
r) 
, without any fault m the hangin 
pofts or hooks, the ie er thimble may be lengthened ont, 
fo bring the gate upright, and the hooks remain unal. 
tered.” 
' Further, that “the gate-pofts being fixed about eight 
feet nine inches afunder, willbe adapted for a gate nine ae 
long, or nine feet two mches, gaan) the thimbles; the 
thimbles being attached to the gate in the manner above 
directed, ‘et the gate be fupported ee it is-to hang and 
rive in the r hook, at a convenient 
e edge of the hanging-pott fo -that the 
upper hinge fhall not be in the way of any carriage pafling 
the road, save at the fame time fo near to the cee the 
ofe mo more room from the ‘oad than ghee 
a a When the upper hinge is fitted, the gate ought to 
from the 
be fupported upright, for afcertaining ie place of the 
lower héok, and if the thimbles are pro put on, the 
pofition of the lower hook cannot be tebe 
in their na places ; for this purpofe bed 
lines, with fine threads, and heavy oven fided hae “E the 
hooks are well 2 ifhed, the Reais Beas their 
an an 2°30! with the gate’s line of fattening: take, 
therefore, a common two- feet rule, and having opened the 
fegs to the angle 22° 30’, place one fide a it fi sate the 
plumbed lines, which ought to anfwer to of 
12 inch, while the eee leg of the rule fhould be pale . 
the ha $ aa is fattening ; a flight blow with a 
ham ea of De hooks, in ‘de. dineion ne- 
oie. veil soni the adjuftment, and the gate will be 
found to fhut of -itfelf for any time within 1357, = its 
faftennng, and v a a whether open the 
{malleft, the gre ect. intermediate angle on ibed 
by the thort poft, whic ie hho aa be placed to meet the middle 
a of the gate, at the angle of about 135° from the line of 
faftening. Further, it might be prudent before. the fhort 
poft were put dow er to afee rtain at what line hiss gate will 
fkand 
the line of equi ‘lbrius um, which will er ioe near the 
workmen may have adjulted the line of “faltening to 22° 30° 
fhort of the natural line of reft ; and if the gate is found to 
fall properly, the fhort poft may be put up accordingly, 
s though the method defcribed may not have been minutely 
purfued; taking care that the fhort poft be fufficiently 
within de line of equilibrium, = ‘hee the gate fet off 
fhort poft v vith a- velocity eq 
increafed fri€tion by rutt of the eg) 
ufe at all, as. its occafional aid is not to be depended 
upon 
It is further flated, that é indifferent gate-pofts are liable 
their right pofition ; the conftant weight of 
_the gate muft have a tendency to pull the hanging-pott in- 
heavy mage heels pafling near the 
them to open outwards, and the natural or artificial flopes 
of the ground adjoining gate-pofts often affect their upright 
e them from the higher ee and 
produce fimilar effeéts ; obviate 
which, many contrivances ie been ee, fuch. as 
mortifing the pair of gate-pofts together by crofs. pieces of 
panes under the road ; but the moit effectual aie ae of 
evil appears to be that of letting down t 8 
page to the ground, which will fuperfede he expence of 
‘crofs timbers, and in gaining a firm hold at their bafis, they 
will be the better — ol — from natural and. a 
difplacement.- Gat for common gates fhoul 
from eight to eight feet aad a half in length. See Ca 
P 
S 
Care is alfo to ie taken, it in hanging a gate, to choofe 
the beft fide for it to-open; in doing which there are two 
circumitances to be confidered ; the principal one is, that 
there may be plenty of roor for a fervant on horfeback to 
fe) : 
ath, and to 
which fome attention is due to the trefpafs of cattle from a 
mmon 
