This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...6 inches high, 3 feet wide, and 2J inches thick, wrought, framed, and braced, filled in with 1-inch grooved, tongued, and beaded battens, and hung to 5-inch by 4-inch fir proper door frame with one and a half pairs of 4 -inch butt hinges. The door is secured with a strong Norfolk latch and dead-shot look, the frame ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...6 inches high, 3 feet wide, and 2J inches thick, wrought, framed, and braced, filled in with 1-inch grooved, tongued, and beaded battens, and hung to 5-inch by 4-inch fir proper door frame with one and a half pairs of 4 -inch butt hinges. The door is secured with a strong Norfolk latch and dead-shot look, the frame being fixed to the walls with four wrought-iron holdfasts, and fitted with cast-iron shoes. A fanlight similar to that already described for stable doors is also provided. being 8 feet 6 inches wide and 8 feet high. The doors are 2 inches thick, wrought, framed, and braced, filled in with 1-inch grooved, tongued, and beaded battens, and hung folding with wrought-iron strap hinges to a 9-inch by 6-inch fir proper door frame. Instead of being hung with hinges, the gates may be arranged to slide on top or bottom rollers. Figs. 133, 134, and 135 are the plan, elevation, and section of a pair of gates suitable for stable yards, &c. The gates are 3 inches thick, wrought, framed, lodged, and braced; filled in with 1-inch grooved, tongued, and beaded battens, hung folding, and provided with a small wicket gate. The upper hinges are strong wrought-iron hook and eye hinges, the hooks being securely leaded into a stone block. The lower hinges turn on stout gun-metal pivots leaded into a stone base. A 5-inch by 3-inch oak, wrought, sunk, and rounded capping with wrought-iron spiked ridge is fixed on the top of the gates, whilst the bottom edge is provided with gun-metal friction rollers running on 2 -inch by-inch wrought-iron racers let into a stone curb and run with lead. The gates are secured with a strong barrel bolt, together with a wrought-iron swing bar with hooks riveted on plates, and fitted at one end with hasp, staple, and padlock. Th...
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