Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 378
n top chord are for securing the roof purlins tothe truss. These purlins run directly across the top chord. Fig. 280 shows the detail of a truss for a boiler-house roof. Thisroof has a high monitor running down the center, which is also framedwith steel; the detail of this frame is shown in Fig.… … Fig. 27S. frame, however, was shipped separate from the truss, as indicated bythe open holes for connection to truss. As this monitor frame, ifshipped whole, would be likely to become bent and distorted, it hadto be shipped in two parts, as indicated by the details. Figs. 281 and 282 show the top…
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