Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work...American school of correspondence, 1907 - Architecture |
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Page 2 - JOHN H. JALLINGS Mechanical Engineer. FRANK A. BOURNE, SM, AAIA Architect, Boston. Special Librarian, Department of Fine Arts, Public Library, Boston. ALFRED S. JOHNSON, Ph. D. Formerly Editor "The Technical World Magazine.
Page 3 - FRANK E. KIDDER, CE, Ph. D. Consulting Architect and Structural Engineer: Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Author of "Architect's and Builder's Pocketbook," " Building Construction and Superintendence. Part I, Masons
Page 1 - FRANK CHOUTEAU BROWN Architect, Boston. Author of " Letters and Lettering." DAVID A. GREGG Teacher and Lecturer in Pen and Ink Rendering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. CHAS. B. BALL Chief Sanitary Inspector.
Page 40 - ... is employed. The available bearing area here is furnished by the surfaces da and bc and it may easily be seen that this area is the same as would be available if the piece rested directly on top of the sill. The operation of cutting such a tenon and mortise is known as "gaining,'' and one piece is said to be "gained
Page 4 - "* Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois. Author of " A Treatise on Masonry Construction.
Page 23 - white ash " and the " black ash," are used extensively in building work. The first is more common in the basin of the Ohio River, but is also found in the North from Maine to Minnesota, and in the South, in Texas. The black ash is found from Maine to Minnesota, and southward to Virginia and Arkansas. There is very little difference between the two species. The black ash is also known as the " hoop ash " and the
Page 3 - ... connected with building. Grateful acknowledgment is here made also for the invaluable cooperation of the foremost architects, engineers, and builders in making these volumes thoroughly representative of the very best and latest practice in the design and construction of buildings ; also for the valuable drawings and data, suggestions, criticisms, and other courtesies. JB JOHNSON, CE Formerly Dean, College of Mechanics and Engineering. University of Wisconsin Author of "Engineering Contracts and...
Page 7 - There is no industry that compares with Building in the close interdependence of its subsidiary trades. The Architect, for example, who knows nothing of Steel or Concrete construction is today as much out of place on important work as the Contractor who cannot make intelligent estimates, or who understands nothing of his legal rights and responsibilities. A carpenter must now know something of Masonry, Electric Wiring, and, in fact, all other trades employed in the erection of a building; and the...
Page 154 - C is the rise, or the total height from top of lower floor to lop of upper floor.* The line D is the pitch or line of nosings, showing the angle of inclination of the stairs. On the three lines shown — the run, the rise, and the pitch — depends the whole system of stair-building. The body or staircase is the room or space in which the stairway is contained. This may be a space including the width and length of the stairway only, in which case it is called a close stairway, no rail or baluster...
Page 124 - ... length. This means that the floor must pitch upward in all directions from the speaker's platform, or, in other words, it must be bowled. There are two methods of constructing a floor of this kind. The simplest way is to build first an ordinary inclined floor, which slopes from the front to the back of the room, and then to build up the bowled floor with furring pieces. This method should always be followed when it is necessary to keep the space beneath the lecture hall free from posts or columns....