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 80
ART OF BUILDING. 75 This has been shown by a partial failure which has takenplace. The wall plates having become rotten in consequenceof the gutters being stripped of their lead, the weight hasbeen thrown on the pseudo struts, which have bent underthe pressure, and forced out the upper portion of… … peculiar feature of this roof is an arched rib in three thick- ^6 RUDIMENTS OF THE nesses, something on the principle of PhiHbert de Lorme ;but it is so shght, compared with the great span, that it isprobable, in designing the roof, the architect took full ad-vantage of the support afforded by the…
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