Rudiments of the art of building : in five sections : general principles of construction, materials used in building, strength of materials, use of materials, working drawings, specifications and estimates (1871)
This is shown out by the dotted lines on the right-hand side of the cut. The dotted lines on the opposite side of tlie figure show a similar effect, produced by the shrinking of the king-post, for which there is no preventative but making it of oak, or some other hard wood. The same observations… … of fixing purlins, which are sufficiently explained by the figures to need no further description. In figures 46, 47, 48, and 49, are shown the modes of framing the ends of binding joists into girders, and of connecting the ceiling joists with the binders ; and as these F 3
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