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.
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