Building Construction: Showing the Employment of Timber, Lead, and Iron Work, in the Practical Construction of Buildings, Volume 1 |
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angle-irons arch architrave bead beam a a bolts and nuts breadth breaking weight brick butt called cast-iron centre cill columns common rafters cross-piece depth diagonal diameter distance door drawing feet flange flap floor foot frame girder give groove gutter horizontal illustrated in fig iron joint joists king post length line a b method of joining mortice mouldings nailed ovolo panel parallel piece pitch pine placed Plate LII Plate XLIV Plate XXXVIIIb pressure principal rafter purlin Quarry queen post right angles roof sash sash window scarfed joint screw secured set square shown in fig shows shutter box sill span stair strain strut or brace stud supported surface Technical Drawing tenon thickness tie beam tie rod timber trussed upper vertical wall plate window wrought-iron zinc