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 251
avoided; as the smaii height gained by the omission of thetie-beam can never compensate for the powerful lateralstrains which are exerted by the oblique position of the … supports, tending to separate the walls. Where an arch isrequired in the ceiling, the best plan is to carry up thewalls as high as the top of the arch. Then, by using ahorizontal tie-beam, the oblique strains will be entirely re- HIP-ROOFS. 215 moved. It is well known that many a public building…
Carpentry · Architecture · Building
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
