A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 473
ring the anchor a fixture. The box is cast about1|- inches wider inside than the wooden beam is broad, andabout I inch higher than the beam is deep. Along the front edge of the casting are square cheeks bprojecting about -| inch from the general surface of theinterior. When the end of the wooden… … Fig. 93. 9 CARPENTRY. 139 fillet c is generally 1 in. X 1 in., and the notch d in the beam,fitting tightly over it, prevents the timber from pulling outof the wall. The top of the beam is rounded off at e, so thatshould the beam become burned through at its center, it canfall down and out of the…
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