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the sawmills over the mountains saw for 20/ the thousand, or one half for the other. |
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2 mawlers & 3. rivers will rive 750. pine slabs a day, of 14f. long, and double that number 6.f. long. every slab clears about 4I. that is to say 30. slabs properly lapped clear 10.f. |
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another estimate is that 3 men will get only 450. slabs a day of 6.f. long & 5.I. broad |
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to rive & draw 500. shingles is a common day’s work |
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a man may joint 3000. a day. |
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4. men got out and out 600. chesnut pales a day, 7f. long for the garden |
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a waggon brings in 300. of them at a load. |
Paint. to a square, i.e. 10.f. square, 1.℔ span. brown & 1. pint of oil gives 1. coat.
Venetian blinds. the Upholsterer’s part costs 2. Doll. and the painting (by a coach painter) a French crown.
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9. panes | 12.I. sq. | 26.f. runng measure | 16 joints | @ .213 = | 1.917 | @ .38 = | 3.4 | |
| 4. do | 18.I. sq. | 19½f. do | 9 do | @ .34 = | 1.35 | @ .6 = | 2.4 | ||
for sky lights the glass should lap 2½I. or more, the parts which lap should not touch one another, because they will suck in the rain by capillary attraction. there should be a free passage between them for the air. Carstairs.
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