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 81
Dowel Columns.—For buildings where the floor beamsand girders are of wood, the columns for their support are castas shown. The portion of column at girder is cast similar to 6o ARCHITECTURAL IRON AND STEEL. the dowel A ; the girder being cut to this shape with 2inches at least on each side of the… … This manner of connecting columns is not an example ofgood construction, as the upper column is prevented from mov-ing from its position only by the wooden girder and the raisedsocket cast on the plate and entering the dowel. For abetter and safer connection with wooden girders, see Flitch-plate…
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