Notes on building construction [by P.G.L. Smith]. |
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Seite 189 - COURSE OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. Notes on Building Construction. Arranged to meet the requirements of the Syllabus of the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, South Kensington.
Seite 191 - Building Construction, and so lead the workman to labour with his head at the same time as with his hands, the teacher should not, necessarily, attempt to push the students through the whole of the subjects enumerated in this syllabus, but should limit the range of his tuition according to the time at his command and the intelligence of the pupils. A larger number of questions will be set in the examination papers for the Elementary and Advanced Stages than the candidate will be allowed to attempt,...
Seite 192 - FIRST STAGE, OR ELEMENTARY COURSE. It is assumed that the student has already mastered the use of the following drawing instruments :—rulers, ordinary and parallel; ruling pen, compasses, with pen and pencil bow-sweeps, as well as the construction and use of simple scales, such as 1,2, 3, or more feet to the inch, showing inches; or such as -J-, ^, -J-, £, f, £, or other fraction of...
Seite 193 - He should be able to draw in elevation, from given dimensions, a framed partition with door openings. He should be able to draw in elevation, and give vertical and horizontal sections of, solid door frames and window frames. He should be able to describe, by drawings, beadings of different kinds, dovetailing, cross-grooving, rebating, plough-grooving, chamfering, rounded nosing, and housings.
Seite 192 - He should undeIsiand the object of bond in brickwork— ie English bond, Flemish bond, or English bond with Flemish facing, and how it is attained in walls up to three bricks thick in the following instances — viz. footings with offsets, angles of buildings, connection of external and internal walls, window and door openings with reveals and square jambs, external gauged arches (camber, segmental, and semi-circular), internal discharging arches over lintels, and inverted arches. He should know...
Seite 192 - ... the meaning of such terms as plan, elevation (front, back, or side), section, sectional elevation. He should understand the object of bond in brickwork, ie English bond, Flemish bond, or English bond with Flemish facing, and how it is attained in walls up to three bricks thick, in the following instances — viz.
Seite 214 - Many authorities consider that pointing is not advisable for new work, as the joints so formed are not as enduring as those which are finished at the time the masonry is built. Pointing is, moreover, often resorted to when it is intended to give the work a superior appearance, and also to conceal defects in inferior work. Pallets, Plugs : Wooden bricks inserted in walls for fastening trim, etc. Plinth : A projecting base to a wall; also called "water table.
Seite 331 - ES (if any), and they are frequently further supported by rough brackets, rb, attached to the rough strings or carriages. These brackets may be pieces nailed alongside the string, as in steps 1, 2, 3, 4, or triangular pieces fixed to its upper surface, as in 5 and 6. Occasionally vertical brackets are made of a width equal to that of the tread of the step, as at xy in Fig.
Seite 255 - ... convenience or economy. 3. The tie beam should be supported at such small intervals that it need not be too large for economy or convenience. It has been found by experience that these objects can be attained by limiting the distance between the points of support on the principal rafter to 8 feet. In determining the form of truss for any given span, it is therefore necessary first to decide the pitch, then roughly to draw the principal rafters in position, ascertain their length, divide them...
Seite 292 - Several examples of grounds are given in pages 81 to 93, and there described, so that it will be unnecessary to enter upon them further in detail at present. Architraves are borders fixed round the openings of doorways or windows for ornament, and also to conceal the joint between the frame and the plastering. These borders may be of almost any pattern or dimensions to suit the character of the room. They are sometimes covered with elaborate mouldings, or made in the form of a pilaster. The mouldings...