A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 636
hip-building, are cut from wood taken at the placewhere a branch leaves the trunk (see Knee, A ;also Vol. I., col. 779). If enough of the woodbe left to hold the knotted and twisted ]:iartswell together, these pieces have great strength. In view of these recpiirements and limita-tions, the… … Fig. 2a: A PiErE of Hkwn Timber which has CHECKED IN DRYING. middle of the tnink and which here is turneduppermost, to split away in large flakes. Thisplank would be better if laid with the otherside up, • but it is a poor piece of wood. Inordinary flooring the jdanks which show combgrain in…
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