Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 38
load for spans up to 80 ft., butowing to the fact that it requires a largeamount of lumber and cannot be tightenedup, it is not as desirable a truss to use,where rods can be readily obtained, as theHowe truss. Proportions and Construction. The heightof a lattice truss, measured between thecentre… … mwM^ 3o BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. mine the height, and then the number of spaces between the jointsin the top and bottom chords. To find the number of spaces, multiply the span by two, and di-vide by the height, using the nearest whole number. Thus if the 2 x 60span is 60 ft. and the height 8 ft.…
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