Architectural engineering. With special reference to high building construction, including many examples of Chicago office buildings (1895)
Freitag, Joseph Kendall · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 148
COL UMNS 129 efficient splicing, as well as good girder-connections. Thispoint will be taken up later under the head of ColumnJoints. … Fig. 77. 5. Relation of Size of Section to Small Columns.—It is notgenerally desirable in building construction to have a verysmall column in the upper stories, because girder loads are somuch heavier, proportionately, than the column loads. Some-times as many as six beams must connect with an…
Building, Iron and steel
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