Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 79
cing shown in Fig. 95 is the best, fora wooden truss. The arch form in roof trusses is used principally in the typesknown as: A. Bowstring and Crescent Trusses. B. Segmental Arched Ribs. C. Braced Arches. 38. BOWSTRING TRUSSES.—Although the trusses shownby Figs. 94 and 95 are known as bowstring… … making it a very economical truss for steel construction. Fortrusses having a span of 75 feet or less the suspending pieces shouldbe radials, but in trusses of larger spans they may be vertical, as inFig. 97. Bowstring trusses of the form shown in Fig. 97 have been muchused in England and to a…
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