Appleton's cyclopædia of drawing, designed as a textbook for the mechanic, architect, engineer, and surveyor (1866)
Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed, Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1866. D. Appleton & co.) [from old catalog] · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 337
ow oftener used than posts, with a small triangularblock of hard wood or iron, at the foot of the bolts, for the support of thebraces. The objection to this form of roof is that the framing occupiesall the space in the attic; on this account the form, fig. 3, is preferred forroofs of the same span,… … 226 AKCHITECTTJEAL DRAWING. In the older roofs, queen posts are used (fig. 33), witb. the footsecured by straps or joint bolts to the tie beam. In many church and barn roofs the tie beam is cut off,fig. 5 ; the queen post being supported on a post, or itselfextending to the base, with a short tie…
