Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 135
truss A supports the innerends of the half trusses it must be calculated to support not onlythe portion of roof and ceiling that is carried directly by it, but alsohalf of the loads supported by the two half trusses. The halftrusses, having only half the span, may have much lighter timbersthan… … Fig. 163. the rafter, above the joint, is not a part of the true truss, but merelya beam to support the upper purlin and to brace truss A sideways,In roofing the church shown ty the floor plan Fig- 163, theauthor used the same method of construction as shown by Fig3.160-162, except in the manner of…
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