London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 554
d Drury Laneand Birmingham Theatres, which, I think, would be found suf-ficiently strong for one of so large a size. The height, from theunderside of the tie-beam to the top of the ridge-piece is 22 ft.;and the following are the scantlings of the principal timbers: —The tie-beam (in three pieces,… … 558 Hojies Historical Essay on Arckitcdurc. posts and straining-beam, 9 in. square; upper king-post, 8 in.square; principal braces, 8 in. square; upper braces, 7 in. square.The tie-beam is cogged down to the wali-phites, which are tobe let in and bolted to stone corbels, 2 ft. by I ft. 6 in., and…
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