An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 658
III. CARPENTRY. 6,57 … STAKSTOX. N()i:folh the underside of the principal rafters, descending low down on the wall; the arched bracesprings directly from this to the collar-beam, uniting them both with the principal. It isheld that it would be impossible for this roof to spread until it had broken the curvedbraces. The…
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