King, Charles A. (Charles Albert), b. 1865 · New York, Cincinnati [etc.] American book company · leaf 54
ally fail on the upper edge first,the fibers crushing by compression, before the bottomfibers break under the tensile strain. (B.) A satisfactory form of trussed girder is shown inFig. 37, which may be used in places where it is desirablethat as little verticalspace be occupied aspossible. (C). A.… … Fig. 39. — Scissors Truss. between floor joists. An iron I beam when available isused generally for this purpose. (P.) The scissors truss (Fig. 39) is used a great deal in the 40 CONSTRUCTIVE CARPENTEY construction of churches and other buildings where it is nec-essary to obtain all the height…
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