The theory and practice of modern framed structures : designed for the use of schools, and for engineers in professional practice (1897)
Johnson, J. B. (John Butler), 1850-1902, Bryan, C. W. (Charles Walter), 1863-1927, Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, 1886- · New York : J. Wiley & Sons · leaf 22
es, the roadway extending over them. A Pony Truss is a low truss of short span, with the roadway carried at the bottom joints,but not of sufificient height to allow of the upper lateral bracing. The trusses are stayed, orheld to place, by bracing, connected with the floor system. HISTORICAL… … Figs, ^a, 3^, y are three forms of truss construction employed by Palladio, a famousItalian architect, 1560-80. These trusses were built entirely of timber, and are believed tobe the earliest examples of a scientific use of the truss element, the rigid triangle. Palladiowrote an elaborate…
