Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 51
ally flat-ter and less deeply framed than those of the halls, and as a rule lessbeautiful. 42 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. The truss derives its name from the horizontal beams at the footof the principals, which were called hammer beams. The typical shape of the truss as found in modern buildings may-be… … i.iward thrust on the walls, as the latter were usually very thickand generally reinforced by buttresses. By means of the curvedbrackets under the hammer beam, however, the thrust was appliedat a considerable distance below the plate, and the direction of theresultant thrust was usually very steep.…
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