Elementary principles of carpentry ... : ; to which is added an essay on the nature and properies of timber (1840)
Tredgold, Thomas, Barlow, Peter · John Weale · leaf 42
he forces , except it renders the parts incapable of resisting the force , which of course must then be sustained by some other part . In the annexed figure , commencing at G , the load is sustained by EG and CG ; and constructing the parallelogram and drawing e ft ' , we find that CG is compressed… … appears that the former is extended and the latter compressed ; and in like manner we find that of the supports of B , the one EB is extended , and IB is compressed . A similar examination of the other side would give similar results ; hence , we find that KL resists * “ On the Diagonal Framing of…
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