Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 52
annot be held in place by a pin, hutit may be secured by nailing. The reason for this peculiar form of tenon may be explainedas follows: A floor beam, or any other timber which is loadedtransversely, has a tendency to fall to the ground, and must besupported at its ends either by resting directly… … Fig. 31. Tenon-and-Tusk Joints. Fig. 32. available. This same bearing surface must be provided in everycase no matter whether the timber rests directly on the top of thesill or is mortised into it. Of course the simplest connection isobtained by resting the transverse piece directly on top of the…
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