Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 112
sses and themanner in which they are built. In churches of the cathedral type, that is, with a nave lightedthrough clerestory windows, the roof of the nave is generally madeof rather a low pitch, and is frequently supported by trusses of theking post type, but in which the braces are supplanted by… … Fig. 134. the truss was to be built in the ordinary way, thev will have suffi-cient strength without the brace. For spans of more than 30 feetthe braces should be put in, cutting through the panels, or a queenpost truss with collar beam should be used. In trusses built as shown in Fig. 134 the…
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