Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 133
her three cor-ners being supported by wooden posts, two of which come in a par-tition. The four gables are of the same width, the distance be-tween the posts being 37 feet 10 inches. The beams B B (Fig. 162)are the ceiling purlins, of which two are shown in Fig. 160. Thebeams P are the roof… … which straddle the rods. The truss A is a. full truss, having thesame rise as the trusses C, but, of course, a greater span. The other diagonal is made of half trusses, supported from thecentre of the truss A by large stirrups, as shown in Fig. 161. Thesediagonal trusses not only serve to support…
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