Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 170
ts are of wood. Ifdesired, an iron tie rod may beinserted between the two wallbearings of the truss, so as todiminish the thrust on the walls,and this need not detract seri-ously from the appearance of theopen timber work. A very popular form of trussfor use in churches is the hammer beam truss… … Fig. !.«». Scis.sors Truss. 134 CARPENTRY 125 The sizes of the pieces can only be detei-niined by calculation orexperience, and depend entirely upon the span of the truss and th^loads to be carried, which are different for different parts of thecountry. It is common practice to insert a tie rod…
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