Rudiments of the art of building : represented in five sections [...] for the use of architects, builders, draghtsmen, machinists, engineers and mechanics (1853)
Bullock, John · New York : Stringer & Townsend · leaf 129
The connection of the foot ofa king-post with the tie-beam tobe suspended from it is shown infig. 85. 124 RUDIMENTS OF THE figure show a similar effect, produced by the shrinking of theking-post, for which there is no preventive but making itof oak, or some other hard wood. The same… … In figures 44, 45, 46, and 47, are shown the modes offraming the ends of binding joists into girders, and of con-necting the ceiling joists with the binders ; and as these havebeen already described under the head of Floors, it isunnecessary here to say anything further on the subject. ART OF…
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