Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Towle, George M. (George Makepeace), 1841-1893 · Boston : J.R. Osgood and Company · leaf 100
erior layers a more considerable contractionthan in the internal layers; hence, the bending (Fig. 14). Let PAUL ESTABLISHES CERTAIN DIFFERENCES. 81 A be a piece of sawed wood; the layers B are harder andmore compact than those, C, which contain more moisture andhave softer fibres. In drying, this… … Fig. 15. Look at this old-fashioned carpentry, the rafters of whichcarry trusses (Fig. 15). The interties A were squared in piecesof oak, the core being in the centre. It is the same with the 82 THE STORY OF A HOUSE. rafters B, the tie-beams C, the false tie-beams D, the king-posts E, tie-pieces F,…
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