A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 379
ld be compensated by thesliding of the two pieces into close contact again, and theconsequent loosening of the keys r, s\ but if the timber weresubjected to a tensile strain, the joint would remain open onthe line de until the keys r and s were driven tighter to closethe joint, and the bolts in… … Fig. 25. keyway r s, and also in having the meeting line of the two timbers cut at an obtuseangle c Jig. This rendersthe beam much morereliable under a cross-strain tending to bend itin the direction of itswidth, and the pointedtoe also tends to keep thetimbers flush. Like Fig.24, this joint is…
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