Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, Comstock · leaf 153
in line with the fronts, and should beproportioned so as to resist the thrust from apy arches there maybe there. The braces should be about 8 by 8 or 10 by lO inches insection, with 6 by 12 uprights against the wall, the ends of thebraces being mortised into the uprights. If there is no wall… … Fig. 88. Spreading-Braces or Trusses. CHAPTER IV. Limes, Cements and Mortars, I. COMMON LIMES. 145. IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT.—There is hardlyany material used by the architect or builder upon which so muchidepends as upon mortar in its different forms, and it is importantthat the architect should…
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