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 65
discomfort of its inmates.The above remarks will be better understood by a study offig. 40, which is an example of a framed partition extendingthrough three stories of a dwelling house. FLOORS. 104. The assemblage of timbers forming any naked floor-ing may be either single or double. Single… … Single flooring. whose lower edges receive the lathing and plastering of theceilings. Double floors are constructed with stout Undingjoists J a few feet apart, reaching from wall to wall, and sup ART OF BUILDING. 61 porting ceiling joists which carry the ceiling ; and bridgingjoists^ on which are…
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