A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 643
in the case of the ordinaryframe building the constmction is concealed.It is enough to see to it that the pieces whichtake the weight and re.sist tlie strains to whichthe structure is to be exposed shall have no1103 WOOD interniption in the regular run of the grainfrom end to end of each piece. If… … rafters, or short diagonal braces. Knots areobjectionable, chiefly because of the twistedgrain which accompanies and surrounds them.In some woods, as in the ditterent yellow pinesof the Southern states of the United States,the grain is veiy visible, forming narrow stripesof darker and ligliter…
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