A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 275
nd are as strong as the plates andwire, besides costing much less. These floors have beenused without intermediate supports for spans up to about 35feet, and are remarkably stiff under heavy loads. A floor15 ft. X 22 ft. was loaded for a month with a weight of over400 pounds per square foot, the… … Fig. 80 (/;) shows the same system applied to a panel floor,which is considerably stronger than the flat form. 181. The I.ee Floor,—Another method of floor con-struction, in which use is made of iron or steel rods, is shownin Fig, 87, and is known as the L(r floor. In this system,hollow tiles rt;…
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