Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Steel Square and Its Application to Everyday Use, Vol. 2 of 2: Being an Exhaustive Collection of Steel Square Problems and Solutions, "Old and New," With Many Original and Useful Additions, Forming a Complete Encyclopedia of Steel Square Knowledge Perhaps it is unnecessary to mention this, as the expert workman will recognize the differ ence at once; but, in order to make explanation beforehand to the many thousands of readers, who, while not being experts now in the use of the square, intend to become so as quickly as possible, I thought it better to mention the mat ter in this preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Steel Square and Its Application to Everyday Use, Vol. 1 of 2: Being an Exhaustive Collection of Steel Square Problems and Solutions, "Old and New," With Many Original and Useful Additions Before entering into the more serious part of the subject under consideration I purpose giving a description of a number of squares that are now in the market, along with the manufac turer's directions for their use, and further, I also intend to illustrate and describe some of the charts, diagrams, keys and rules that have lately been devised, for the purpose of assisting the student in understanding the application of the square for the solving of roof and other problems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.