A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 228
two partsof the roof The term ishardly applied to roofswhich have merely the val-leys of dormers and smallgables. ROOF COVERING.Tlie closure laicl upon aroof frame, including thewood sheathing or boarding,~ and the outside protection Koof: framed LIKE a Floor: Heavy Gross Beams carryino Purlins,… … ROOF COVERING canvas, tarretl paper, tliatoli, bj any com-position of tar, bitumen, aspiialtuiu, etc.,with gravel, or any other form of protection ROOF COVERING pansion and contraction ; or, in flat roofs, largeslabs of shitc or stone are bedded in cement. Inthe more usual cases, roofs of any…
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