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 78
which the thrust on the walls willbe converted into a vertical pressure. 2d, The hammerbeams may be kept in their places by struts, b b, the wallsbeing made sufficiently strong by buttresses, or otherwise, toresist the thrust. In existing examples, we find sometimes one and some-times the other of… … 123. The roof of the great hall at Hampton Court(fig. 66) is very strong, and so securely tied, that were the 74 RUDIMENTS OF THE bottom struts, h removed,there would be little danger ofthe principals thrusting outthe walls ; and, on the otherhand, from the weight of theroof being carried down to…
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