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The American house carpenter: (1844)

Hatfield, Robert Griffith, 1815-1879. [from old catalog] · New York & London, Wiley and Putnam · leaf 208

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. 247. 340.—If the rafters and struts were made to abut end to end,as in Fig. 245, 246 and 247, and the king or queen post notchedon in halves and bolted, the ill effects of shrinking would beavoided. This method has been practised with success, in someof the most celebrated bridges and roofs in… … Fig. 24S. Fig. 249; 341.—Fig. 248 is a proper joint for a coUar^beam in a smallroof: the principle shown here should characterize all tie-joints,^he dovetail joint, although extensively practised in the aboveand similar cases, is the very Avorst that can be employed. Theshrinking of the timber^ if…

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