The American house-carpenter; a treatise upon architecture, cornices and mouldings, framing, doors, windows, and stairs. Together with the most important principles of practical geometry (1852)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York : J. Wiley · leaf 179
FRAMING. 163 after; R is a principal rafter ; k is a king-post; s is a strut; &,(Fig. 211,) is a straining-beam ; Q is a queen-post; T is a tie-beam ; and P, P, (Fig. 212,) are purlins. In constructing a roofof importance, the trusses should be placed not over 10 feet apart,the principal rafter…
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