How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 56
sts thelintel, or plate, which is theupper duplicate of the sill, andis also of heavy timber, as itmust support the superstruct-ure. The basis of this super-structure, or roof, is the truss, -a triangular frame of timbersset at intervals from wall to wall of the building andgiving its shape to the… … FIG. 7—NEW HAMPSHIREBARN FRAME HOW TO KNOW ARCHITECTURE the ridge, or peak, of the roof. The projection of theserafters beyond the wall form the eaves, or cornice. We thus have three sets of beams running lengthwise—sill, plate, and purlin; one set of uprights, the posts, andtwo across—trusses and…
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