Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 450
Fig 486. … American building construction, is that shown in Fig. 487, diagonalboards in opposite directions, being nailed to each side of the twotimbers to prevent their slipping on each other. Mr. T. M. Clark,in his Building Superintendence, advocates this as one of the bestforms of compound beams, and…
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