Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 115
LDING CONSTRUCTION. tween the room and the outer air. When the roof boards are ex-posed they should be matched, unless laid in two thicknesses, andbuilding paper or Cabots quilt should be laid under the slate orshingles. The writer strongly favors ceiling on the under side of the raft-ers, as shown… … Fig. 13S. going to the expense of a hammer beam truss, an adaptation of thescissors truss may be adopted with a pleasing effect, and withoutsacrifice of strength. Fig. 137 shows a scissors truss in about itssimplest form, and Fig. 138 shows what is practically the same trussmore elaborately…
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