Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Study of Roof Trusses, Vol. 4: August 19, 1907
Net weight of wood in truss 45429 lb. Net weight of metal, nearly all steel.. Lb. Total net weight of truss. 54380 lb. Hence the weight of the wood is 835 per cent and the weight of the metal is 1695 per cent of the total weight of truss. The weight of the connections is 615 per cent of the center length weight of the truss. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
