Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 243
es Invalides at Paris. While these structures 191 180 CARPENTRY arc domical in shape they are not, strictly speaking, domes, becausethey do not depend for support upon the same principle which isimplied in the construction of a dome. They are, correctly speak-ing, arrangements of trusses of such a… … Fig. 252. Plan of Framing for Dome Shown in Section in Fig. 251 how the sections or bents may be arranged. There are two completebents, A B and C D, like the one shown in the elevation, Fig. 251,which intersect each other at the center. A king-post A in theelevation is common to both bents and the…
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