THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
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kind clean is to place them under glass 
shades. Other things than baskets may 
be ornamented by this process, such as 
wire easels for pictures, match-safes, etc., 
etc. 
Three Amateur Workers— and What 
They Did-VIII. 
BY FRED. T. HODGSON. 
THE body of the house being put to- 
gether, and the partitions being 
marked off and placed in proper position, 
it became necessary to make provision 
for the roof. This was done by taking 
two boards, twelve inches wide and three 
feet four Inches long, and beveling one 
edge of each to the angle shown in Fig. 25. 
exactly, which they did without any- 
trouble. 
The boys left the boards four inches 
larger than the house, in order to allow 
the roof to project two inches over each 
end, the same as on the sides. After the 
roof was placed in position and nailed on 
to the top of the house, on a line with b, 
Fig. 25, it was found that the gables at 
each end were open, and pieces of thin 
stuff were cut the right shape to fill the 
opening, and drop down low enough to 
nail on to the ends of the house. This 
being done, it was decided to have a gable 
or pediment in front, to "set the house 
off," as Ellwood termed it, and in this 
gable a window was cut, as appears in 
Fig. 26, which shows the house just as it 
appeared when finished, all but the front. 
•This engraving (Fig. 26) is on a scale of 
one-sixteenth of an inch to one inch ; that 
is, each one-sixteenth of the cut, measured 
in any direction, equals one inch actual 
measurement on the house. If you meas- 
ure across the picture, you will find that 
it is just two and a quarter inches, or 
40' 
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Fig. 26. 
A shows the proper angle to bevel the 
pieces ; b, the bevel made on the top of 
the house to receive the roof. The figures 
explain themselves. Mr. Carpenter made 
a diagram or plan the full size, on a planed 
board, with a lead pencil. This enabled 
the boys to get the angles and sizes 
36 sixteenths of an inch ; well, the house, 
as built, just measures thirty-six inches. 
Mr. Carpenter fully explained this mat- 
ter to the boys, and showed them that 
any part of the picture w^as just one-six- 
teenth of the size of the corresponding 
part on the house as built. 
