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 259
or 6f, the breadthrequired, in inches. 345.—Additional stiffness is given to a floor by the insertionof bridging strips, or struts, as at a a, {Fig. 228.) These pre-vent the turning or twisting of the beams, and when a weightis placed upon the floor, concentrated over one beam, theyprevent this… … Fig. 228. of the beam. Strips of board or plank nailed to the undersideof the floor beams to receive the lathing, are termed cross-furring^ and should not be over 2 inches wide, and placed 12inches from centres. It is desirable that all furring be narrow,in order that the clinch of the mortar be…
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