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 136
ner beam. PRACTICAL CARPENTRY 117 The Principles of Roofs may, therefore, inrespect to their construction, be divided broadlyinto two classes: First, those with tie beams;and second, those without tie beams. The first class, those with tie beams, may befurther classified as king post roofs and… … FIG. 141 workman to build any ordinarj^ roof intelligently,we proceed to describe the methods of construc-tion. King=Post Roofs.—^This form of roof is practi-cally the beginning of all trusses, which are com-plete framings in themselves, spanning from wallto wall, and doing duty for the cross…
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