Hints to young architects, comprising advice to those who, while yet at school, are destined to the profession, to such as, having passed their pupilage, are about to travel and to those who, having completed their education, are about to practise, together with a model specification involving a great variety of instructive and suggestive matter (1887)
Wightwick, George · London, Lockwood · leaf 333
on him not to suppose theyare so obvious as to be done without his guidance.[All partitions should be trussed by bracesspringing from the supports, iron king-bolts beingused to prevent centre portion sagging.] In the framing of roofs, give a maximum strengthto the purlins:the undulatingsurface of… … Flo(r8;simple andframed, &c. For permanent and uniform strength, there isno floor so good as one composed of simple joists,stiffened by cross bonding : but, in very largerooms, there is more economy in the compoundfloor of binders and joists, or of joists, binders,and girders. There may be…
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