A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 159
truss, the strut between the upper ends ofthe two ipieen-posts. Strut Beam. In a trussetl structiwe, ahorizontal member acting as a stmt; a strain-ing beam (ir a rnUar beam. Summer Beam. Same as Summer. T Beam. A beam whose section approachesthe form of the capital letter T in the Romanalphab t.… … Trhssed Beam. The beam (in the centre) is stiffenetl liy two p.iirs of struts, .secured on either side by sc.irfing .inil by bolts ; the beam itself acting:as a tie. The whole acts as a simple truss and is a common form of Built Beam. bottom flanges connected by diagonal membersforming a lattice in…
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