Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 226
184 STEEL CONSTRUCTION 177 because it allows the coluiun to be placed directly under the h^adinstead of on a bracket which would cause heavy eccentric load-ing. Fig, 17tj shows a partial elevation of the side. The columns … are placed under every other truss only; the intermediate crosstrusses are therefore suppoited by longitudinal trusses shown byFig. 176. These trusses serve also to give the necessary lateralstifPness to the frame. Fig. 177 shows a detail of the ends of these trusses and the 185 178 STEEL…
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