Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 49
ity, and whenever used prob-ably exerts more or less thrust on the walls. As ordinarily constructed the truss shown in Fig. 44 may be con-sidered as two compound rafters merely fastened securely together 40 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. at the top and supported at the bottom by the walls, as illustratedby… … Fig. 44. sists in resisting the tendency of the compound rafters to bend, and•also the tendency to pull apart at joints a b c. Any bending of therafters must produce an outward thrust on the walls, and any givein the joints would also have the same effect.
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