The American house carpenter. A treatise on the art of building. Comprising styles of architecture, strength of materials, and the theory and practice of the construction of floors, framed girders, roof trusses, rolled-iron beams, tubular-iron girders, cast-iron girders, stairs, doors, windows, mouldings, and cornices; together with a compend of mathematics. A manual for the practical use of architects, carpenters, stair-builders, and others (1880)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879, Hatfield, O. P., ed · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 107
g on that side of theline h /which the straining force would occupy if unresisted,and A B on the opposite side. The place of the latter mightbe supplied by a chain or rope. In Fig. 25, the foot of therafter at A is sustained by two forces, the wall and the tie- 70 CONSTRUCTION. beam, one… … Fig, 31. 84.—Another Example—Let ^ ^ B F (Fig. 31) representa gate, supported by hinges at A and E. In this case, thestraining force is the weight of the materials, and the direc-tion of course vertical. Ascertain the dividing line at theseveral points, G, B, /, J, //, and F, It will then appear…
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