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)
struts, h b, the walls being made sufficiently strong by buttresses, or otherwise, to resist the thrust. In existing examples, we find sometimes one and some- times the other of these plans followed ; and occasionally both methods are combined in such a manner that it is often difficult to say what… … Struts, b b, removed, there would be little danger of the principals thmsting out the walls ; and, on the other hand, h'om the weight of the roof being carried down to a con- siderable distance below the hammer beams by the wail
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