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 312
fords an opportunity forreplacing the upper part. The pieces which are immersed willlast a great length of time, especially when of elm; for it is awell-established fact, that timber is less durable when subj(;ct to FRAMING. 299 ilteriiate dryness and moisture, than when it is either continuallywet… … Fig. 257. 408.—Centres for stone bridges. Fig. 257 is a design for acentre for a stone bridge where intermediate supports, as pilesdriven into the bed of the river, are practicable. Its timbers areso distributed as to sustain the weight of the arch-stones as theyare being laid, without destroying…
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