Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works by Joseph Moxon.
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Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works by Joseph Moxon.
Author
Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691.
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London :: Printed and sold by J. Moxon,
1693-1701.
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Industrial arts -- Early works to 1800.
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"Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works by Joseph Moxon." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51548.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
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§ 8. Of the Plumb-line, and its use.
THe Plumb-line is described Plate 8. H. a the
Line Rowl, b the Line. It is used to try the up∣right
standing of Posts, or other work that is to stand
perpendicular to the Ground Plot; and then they
draw off so much Line as is necessary, and fasten the
rest of the Line there, upon the Line Rowl with a Slip∣knot,
that no more Line turn off. They hold the end
of the Line between their Finger and Thumb half the
Diameter of the Line Rowl off one corner of the Post,
or Work, and if the Line and Corner of the Post be
parallel to each other, the Post is upright: But if
the Post be not parallel to the Line, but its bottom
stands more than half the Diameter of the Line Rowl
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from the Line, the Post hangs so much over the bot∣tom
of the Post on that side the Line bears off, and must
be forced backwards till the side of the Post and the
Line become parallel to each other. But if the bot∣tom
of the corner of the Post stands out from the top of
the Line, the Post must be forced forwards to comply
with the Line.
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