Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed · New York, Appleton · leaf 501
to relieve the counters. The counter-braces do not assist in sustainingthe weight of the structure; on the contrary, the greater the weight of thestructure itself, the more will the counter-braces be relieved. If, instead of the counter-braces, the braces themselves are made to actboth as ties and… … the load is uniformly distributed, represent the load at each of the points, 4, 3,2, 1, 2, etc., by 1, then the load at 4 will be supported ^ upon a and J- upon3 ; hence the strut 3 will have to support a load of 1 + 5 = 1*5; of this fwill be supported by 2 and i by <2 ; f of 1-5 = 1, 1 -[- 1 =…
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