Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 132
ents the rafters from bending, and serve in theestablishing of other fixed points; and a combi- PRACTICAL CARPENTRY 113 nation of these pieces is called a king post roof.The most simple form of truss is that shownin Fig. 134, and is called the conmion rafter—sonamed, we presume, because it is used… … FIG. 135 servxs as the ceiling joist where it is desired tofinish a room in the attic. Some times a verticalpiece is added at the center, as show^n in Fig. 136.This, of course, stiffens the truss, but it does notadd as much to its strength as is generally sup-posed. This is a common form used for…
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