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 135
FIG. 137 post, especially where it is necessary to haveapartments in the roof. In such a case recourseis had to a different manner of trussing. Twosuspending posts are used, and a fourth elementis introduced; namely, the straining beam a b(Fig. 139), extending between the posts. The 116 PRACTICAL… … FIG, 138 In some roofs, for the sake of effect, the tiebeam does not stretch across between the feet ofthe principals, but is interrupted. In point of
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