This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
The accompanying conventional sketch shows the best method of fixing valley rafters and jack rafters on a roof. The valley rafters are notched over the wall-plate, and cut between the ridges. The jack rafters are fixed to the valley rafter and ridges.

Fixing Valley and Jack Rafters.
 
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