Carpentry made easy, or, The science and art of framing, on a new and improved system : with specific instructions for building balloon frames, barn frames, mill frames, warehouses, church spires, etc., comprising also a system of bridge building, with bills, estimates of cost, and valuable tables ... (1857)
Bell, William E · Philadelphia : Howard Challen · leaf 73
ds,* the mortar is pressedin between every board, making it almost air-tight. Third—the wall itself is made more solid. For the mortar beingpressed against the lining-boards, is forced both ways, both up anddo^vn, forming more perfect clinchers. * When & building is thus lined on the inside, it… … PLATE 7. BARN FRAMES. Plate 7 represents the frame of a bam 30 by 40 feet, and 16 fee*high betAveen shoulders. The sills are 12 inches square; Posts and large girders, 10 inches square; Plates and girders over main doors, 8 by 10; Purlin plates, 6 by 6; Purlin posts and small girders, 6 by 8;…
Carpentry · Bridges
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