. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. 630 THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Book II. rattii-s, the other purline at B is also carried in a cast iron rest 1)olte(l to the raltir. com re susponiliiig rod passes through a cast iron socket, which sirvcs as :.n ahiitmeiit to the main struts. Si;iiilar abutments are providtd tor the lowei end ot the stiuts. Fkj. Fig. OOJa. Fig. 695^ tor a sjtaii of ; fett, lias also wiougit iron suspension rods. .\ roof of this description,,54 feet span
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. 630 THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Book II. rattii-s, the other purline at B is also carried in a cast iron rest 1)olte(l to the raltir. com re susponiliiig rod passes through a cast iron socket, which sirvcs as :.n ahiitmeiit to the main struts. Si;iiilar abutments are providtd tor the lowei end ot the stiuts. Fkj. Fig. OOJa. Fig. 695^ tor a sjtaii of ; fett, lias also wiougit iron suspension rods. .\ roof of this description,,54 feet span and 212 feet long, is encted at the |.assongcrs shed of the Croydon railwiivstation. The figure E is a section through a cast iron s eket taking the hiads of the prin-cipals, and through which passes a wrought iron king bolt, shown in ])osition at J). 2044. In all the cases given, the roof is supposed to receive no support from anybut the external walls, and the trusses to be in most cases not more than 10 feet ajiart. 20)5. Ilie reader wlio desires to b. come acquainted with other examples, is rccomuicndedto the works by Krafft, Art de la Cliarpente, and C/iarpentaie; Ilondelet, UAit de Butir. andits continuation l)y Bloutt ; , Art de la CharpKidcrie; Tredgold. Carj eiitt/; Newhuul,Caiptnfers and Joiners Asshtiid, to which work we are indebtid for tlie above new ex-amples ? and 7%p Doctrines of Carpentry Expained—of a Roofhy VVadding
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