A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 43
thesense ^1. Ceiliug Floor. Tlie assemblage of roofbeams, or ratters, and ceiling joists in place,to receive a ceilin.g. Double Floor. ^1. One in which largejoists, called binders, binding joists, or jn-imaryjoists, carry the floor .joists above and the ceil-ing joists below. B. A Hoor in sense ^1,… … Floor ix Swiss Solid Timber House; the Con-struction AND THE Flooring all replacedBY a System of Stiles and Panels. and more uniform supjiort and easier nailingto the upper shell, or layer, which is usuallyof choice material. Double-framed Floor. In Euglisii usage,a floor linviiig two systems of…
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