Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 231
e concealed by other finish, but will be made ornamental in themselves.Among these the most com-mon forms are the so-calledscissors truss and the ham-mer beam truss. Scissors Truss. Thescissors truss is shown inFig. 242. It has no tie-beam and, therefore, it willexert considerable thrust onthe… … Fig. 242. Design of a Scissors Truss
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