A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 228
culiar position, aswhen a tower is roofed in this wayinstead of terminating in a Hat ter-race or in a spire. Shed Roof. Same as Penthouse Roof. Single-framed Roof. A roof framed with-out trusses, the op]josite rafters being tied to-gether by the upper floor frame or by boardsnailed across… … Roof: with Cambered Cross Bp^ams cmikving a DecorativeSystem of Braces and Struts. slopes, as a nave roof, in contradistinction toone having one slope, as an aisle roof or pent-house roof Terrace Roof. A flat roof in sense A;especially when the roofing is of masoniy andthe surface allows of free…
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