The American house-carpenter; a treatise on the art of building, and the strength of materials (1867)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 249
plest form is the best, not only because it isthe most economical, but for many other reasons. The greatnumber of joints, in a complex design, render the constructionliable to derangement by multiplied compressions, shrinkage,and, in consequence, highly increased oblique strains; bywhich its… … Fig 224. the floor, as seen at Fig, 224. Occasionally floors are con-
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