Reports of the Massachusetts commissioners to the exposition at Vienna, 1873With special reports prepared for the Commission . e anchored fast in thewalls, or where adjacent rooms occur, having this form of floor, the girders may betied together throughthe middle wall. Insome cases, the thrustof the vaults is takenup by rods of irontying the girders toone another trans-versely. To preventthe protrusion of theserods, it is becomingusual, in England, to Section of the wall, showing the ends of girders. paSS them thrOUOh the interior of the bricks, which requires them to be slightlycurved, but no
Reports of the Massachusetts commissioners to the exposition at Vienna, 1873With special reports prepared for the Commission . e anchored fast in thewalls, or where adjacent rooms occur, having this form of floor, the girders may betied together throughthe middle wall. Insome cases, the thrustof the vaults is takenup by rods of irontying the girders toone another trans-versely. To preventthe protrusion of theserods, it is becomingusual, in England, to Section of the wall, showing the ends of girders. paSS them thrOUOh the interior of the bricks, which requires them to be slightlycurved, but not sufficiently so to produce any undue lower surfiice of the vaults receives a coating of plaster,and is, in Vienna, generally decorated with frescoes, as maybe seen in many of the new cofiee-houses. Above, the vaultsare covered with a filling, upon which come the joists andflooring, as before described. This form of floor is morethoroughly fire-proof than either of the others, and is requiredby law in Vienna, in most cases, in the basement story ofbuildings. To secure the greatest solidity, a stone is built. 384 EXPOSITION AT VIENNA. into the walls to receive the end of each girder, and distributesits weight over several bricks. A second form of floor, employed where it is desirable to
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