uire aseparate and a more detailed description. The floors of buildings, when formed of brick arches, requireconsideration in regard not only to the weight of the material,but also to the nature of the arches, and the lateral thrustwhich they exert upon the sides of the beams and the gable- lo4 ON… … are generally composed of the segment of a circle, with a riseor versed sine in the top of about one-twelfth the length of thechord. One-tenth, however, is safer in practice for mills, and FIRE-rROOF WAREHOUSES. 155 one-eighth for warehouses where heavy goods are stored. Theseproportions will vary,…
Building, Iron and steel
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