Ordinarily, switchboards vary from five to eight feet in height and the widths of the panels vary from five to six feet.
The extra space and two intermediate widths between the 4-space and the en quad give many advantages in spacing for good composition; though as yet the use of these point-width spaces is not general in hand composition.
Besides their own individual widths they may be combined into any other widths for spacing and justifying lines.
It is rare that more than two different widths of indention are needed to give a clear idea of the classification of any group of subjects.
The point system of widths has been applied to spaces, the thickness being graduated by points and half-points, instead of the fractional division of the em.
The stock for the chair is as follows: Widths and thicknesses are specified exact except for the rear posts and the rockers; but to the lengths enough surplus stock has been added to allow for squaring the ends.
If the worker will take the trouble to combine the different lengths of pieces having like thicknesses and widths into pieces of standard lengths, he will be able to save himself some expense at the mill with no more work for himself.
With the exception of the back-legs the stock bill which follows gives the thicknesses and widths exact.
Sidenote: Widths of Fabrics] A knowledge of the variouswidths of textiles is important in buying.
Crash of different widths and quality furnishes tea towels, "huck," damask and other weaves come in various widths and may be purchased by the yard.
These bindings come in different widthsand grades.
Silks may be had in various widths and endless variety of weaves.
No fixed widths can be given for any textile as width often changes with the weave.
These again will give us our measurements for the widths of the arches, &c.
Railway bridges over or under public roads of primary or secondary importance must be constructed to the widths and heights prescribed for such works in the fixed regulations of the country in which they 103 have to be built.
Little or no saving could be expected in the bridges under the railway, as these must be made to the prescribed widths and heights, irrespective of the gauge of the railways.
The leading dimensions, widths of loading-banks, cartways, and gauge of lines, will have to be adjusted to suit circumstances.
The gates shown on the sketch are for a crossing on the square, but they can be equally well arranged for an oblique 338 crossing, and of widths to suit the locality.
The widths may be obtained by measuring the width of the sides at the points marked out on them for the location of the shelf ends.
Have these planed at the mill to the widths and thicknesses specified.
A series of flat planes of different widths and at different levels also produces a pleasant kind of relief useful in a picture frame or the jamb of a door (B).
Wicks of all thicknesses andwidths are easily obtained.
It is necessary to have extra eyelets at one end of the canvas to adjust it to varying widths of seats.
Before fastening the clips they should be spaced for the widths of the handles.
Several places can be provided for the blade to cut different widths of lacing.
By separating all widths and lengths, we are in a position to quote on any particular width or length desired.
Dikes of all lengths up to at least thirty miles, and of all widths up to many hundreds of feet, are known, but they are generally less than a mile long and not more than a few feet or rods wide.
Perhaps the grandest display of great valley glaciers is in southern Alaska where they attain lengths up to forty or fifty miles and widths of one or two miles (Plate 4).
The collars on the shaft outside of each journal are of the widths shown.
Widths for outlying thoroughfares in a district like Pittsburgh, therefore, cannot be determined by any general rule.
There is much variation in the widths of the vehicles themselves, and the necessary amount of clearance varies with the average skill of the drivers and with the effectiveness of the police control.
In this connection it is interesting to note the standard widths adopted in European cities.
Here we have widths ranging from eleven degrees to two.
The widths given are those when the canal was at or sufficiently near its full strength, and are measured from the centres of the constituents.
Different apertures produce no effect on the widths of the Martian doubles, as the writer has shown (Lowell Observatory Bulletin, No.
How wide do these rolls come in your experience, in what widths do they come?
If the primary mass is divided into three horizontal divisions or sections, the dominance should be placed in the center section with varyingwidths in the upper and lower thirds.
Measure the widths of the door and window frames, and make a measuring stick for this purpose.
They are usually in such widths as to make them stock sizes for mortises.
In other words, when I say it has similar rifling characteristics--the widths of the lands and the grooves is taken into account the rifling characteristics.
The proportion of late wood is equal to the sum of the widths of the late wood crossed by the line, divided by the length of the line.
Marking: The shrinkage specimens will retain the shipment and piece numbers and marks of the bolts from which they are taken, and will have the additional mark 7R or 7T according as their widths are in the radial or tangential direction.
The widths and the thickness are as called for in the drawing, but the lengths are given a little long to allow for cutting.
The upper and lower halves of the mold slide horizontally, to make the interior casting-box wide or narrow to conform to the required widths of various letters.
An advantage over the old method of unrelated widths is in the saving of time in composition, by reducing the number of different widths in the characters of the alphabet.
A mold is made for a single body-size of type but it is adjustable sideways to correspond to the various widths of the letters in an alphabet.
Lawn is a light-weight single cloth wash fabric, weighing from one and one fourth to two and one fourth ounces per yard, and in widths from thirty-six to forty inches finished.
The fabric is made in a variety of qualities as regards the counts of yarn used, and in a variety of widths ranging from eighteen to sixty inches.
The lowest grade of cotton velvet, used for covering cheap coffin lining cases, sold by the inch in widths which range from sixteen to thirty-two inches.
Hence the remarkable discrepancy between the widths of the Niagara above and below the Horseshoe.
From the point where these arcs meet line 2, and with the same radius, arcs 5 and 6 are marked, showing the widths of the other two flats of the head.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "widths" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
