Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 20
this is understood it can readily beadapted to almost any kind of truss. By persistent effort, any person of average intelligence should beable to master the principles of graphic statics, as applied to or-dinary types of trusses, and once mastered the stresses can be veryeasily and quickly… … Chapter I. TYPES OF WOODEN TRUSSES AND THEMECHANICAL PRINCIPLES INVOLVED. i. INTRODUCTION.—It is possible for one to correctly layout or plan a trussed roof without being able to determine thestresses in the various parts, but to do so a knowledge of the me-chanical principles involved is…
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