hnical Designations. Sector and Segment. Terms of
Angles. Circles and Curves. Irregular Curves. Ellipses and Ovals. Focal
Points. Produced Line. Spirals, Perpendicular and Vertical. Signs to
Indicate Measurement. Definitions. Abscissa. Angle. Apothegm. Apsides or
Apsis. Chord. Cycloid. Conoid. Conic Section. Ellipsoid. Epicycloid.
Evolute. Flying Buttress. Focus. Gnomes. Hexagon. Hyperbola.
Hypothenuse. Incidental. Isosceles. Triangle. Parabola. Parallelogram.
Pelecoid. Polygons. Pyramid. Rhomb. Sector. Segment. Sinusoid. Tangent.
Tetrahedron. Vertex.

IX. MOLDINGS, WITH PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS IN EMBELLISHING WORK Page 93

Moldings. The Basis of Moldings. The Simplest Moldings. The Astragal.
The Cavetto. The Ovolo. The Torus. The Apothegm. The Cymatium. The Ogee.
Ogee Recta. Ogee Reversa. The Reedy. The Casement. The Roman-Doric
Column. Lesson from the Doric Column. Applying Molding. Base.
Embellishments. Straight-faced Molding. Plain Molding. Base. Diversified
Uses. Shadows Cast by Moldings.

X. AN ANALYSIS OF TENONING, MORTISING, RABBETING AND BEADING Page 104

Where Mortises Should be Used. Depth of Mortises. Rule for Mortises.
True Mortise Work. Steps in Cutting Mortises. Things to Avoid in
Mortising. Lap-and-Butt Joints. Scarfing. The Tongue and Groove.
Beading. Ornamental Bead Finish. The Bead and Rabbet. Shading with Beads
and Rabbets.

XI. HOUSE BUILDING Page 113

House Building. The Home and Embellishments. Beauty Not Ornamentation.
Plain Structures. Colonial Type. The Roof the Keynote. Bungalow Types.
General House Building. Building Plans. The Plain Square-Floor Plan. The
Rectangular Plan. Room Measurements. Front and Side Lines. The Roof.
Roof Pitch. The Foundation. The Sills. The Flooring Joist. The Studding.
Setting Up. The Plate. Intermediate Studding. Wall Headers. Ceiling
Joist. Braces. The Rafters. The Gutter. Setting Door and Window Frames.
Plastering and Finish Work.

XII. BRIDGES, TRUSSED WORK AND LIKE STRUCTURES Page 130

Bridges. Self-supporting Roofs. Common Trusses. The Vertical Upright
Truss. The Warren Girder. The Bowstring Girder. Fundamental Truss
Forms.

XIII. THE BEST WOODS FOR THE BEGINNER Page 134

The Best Woods. Soft Woods. Hard Woods. The Most Difficult Woods. The
Hard-ribbed Grain in Wood. The Easiest Working Woods. Differences in the
Working of Woods. Forcing Saws in Wood.

XIV. WOOD TURNING Page 138

Advantages of Wood Turning. Simple Turning Lathe. The Rails. The L