Architectural iron and steel : and its application in the construction of buildings, including beams and girders in floor construction, rolled iron struts, wrought and cast-iron columns, fire-proof columns, column connections, cast-iron lintels, roof trusses, stairways, elevator enclosures, ornamental iron, floor lights, and skylights, vault lights, doors, and shutters, window guards and grilles, etc., etc., with specification of ironwork and selected papers in relation to ironwork, from a revision of the present law before the legislature affecting public interests in the city of New York, in so far as the same regulates the construction of buildings in said city, tables selected expressly for this work, of the properties of beams, channels, tees and angles, used as beams, struts and columns, weights of iron and steel bars, capacity of tanks, areas of circles, weights of circular and square cast-iron columns, weights of substances, tables of squares, cubes, etc., weights of sheet copper, brass and iron, etc (1892)
Birkmire, Wm. H. (William Harvey), 1860-1924 · New York Wiley · leaf 165
ulk-heads, sides of buildings and sheds ; also for arches in floors ofbuildings. For roofs it is usually laid directly upon the purlins, andheld in position by clips of hoop iron, which encircle the purlinsand are placed about 12 inches apart. 144 ARCHITECTURAL IRON AND STEEL. For bulkheads, etc.,… … As shown in Fig. A, B is the depth of corrugation, and A isthe width, which varies from 2 to 5 inches. Fig. B illustratesthe manner of application as arches between I beams. In securing the corrugated iron to purlins on roofs, thebolts, screws and rivets must be in the ridges and not in thevalleys…
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