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 367
in thehabit of making the necessary calculations andfiguring the exact lengths of the braces upon 33^ FRAMING the drawings before they are sent out. Theproper angle of the cast-iron shoes is alsoworked out, and a full-sized drawing of eachcasting is made in the drafting room. In theory, when such a… … Tig. 181. Simple Wood Truss to be Cambered Two Inches. worked out and is as follows: To find increasein length of upper chord, put down: Depth of trussxCamberxSSpan (all in feet or inches). Applying this rule tothe problem at hand, we have: 7 ft.xl-6 ft.x8 48 .=3%-ft., or 2^ inches. The figure 8 in…
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