10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUEEN POST»
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queen post in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Repair of Historic Timber Structures
Queen-post trusses In the 17th and early 18th century, queen-post trusses were
used to provide long spanning roofs with flat tops, an arrangement that provided
the appearance of a steeply sloping roof but limited its height (Figure 2.16, top).
2
Architectural Building Construction
... should be reduced to from 10 to 12 ft. 250. Queen-post roof — spans from 30 to
42 ft. Concentrating attention on roof trusses suitable for the above spans, the
only truss in general employment for timber construction is the queen- post truss.
Pole plates are horizontal timber sections which run acrossthe tops of the tie
beams at their ends, or on principal rafters near their feet. They thus run parallel
to purlins. 2. Queen-post truss A queen-post truss differs from a king-post truss in
...
B.C. Punmia; Ashok Kumar Jain; Arun Kumar Jain, 2005
4
Basic Civil Engineering
Queen post truss It can be used for spans 9-14 m. It varies from the king post
truss in having two vertical members known as queen posts. The heads of the
queen posts are put apart by a horizontal member known as straining beam. The
head ...
Satheesh Gopi, Gopi, 2010
5
Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
It is characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English Renaissance and, in the
U.S.A., Colonial elements. queen post One of the two vertical supports in a queen
-post truss. A, A, queen post queen-post roof A roof supported by two queen ...
6
Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction
3 a three quarter brick which has been cut in half lengthways. !21 queen post in
traditional timber roof construction, one of a pair of posts carrying purlins in a
queen post truss. !33 queen post bridge a bridge whose main support is a
framework ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2008
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Basic Civil Engineering
Queen Post Truss This truss can be used for spans varying from 9 to 14 m. It
differs from the king-post truss in having two vertical members called queen posts
. The upper ends of the queen posts are put apart by a horizontal member, known
as ...
Rakesh Ranjan Bechar, 2005
8
Architect's Illustrated Pocket Dictionary
3 a three quarter brick which has been cut in half lengthways. queen post in
traditional timber roof construction, one of a pair of posts carrying purlins in a
queen post truss, which is a timber truss consisting of a tie beam, a pair of vertical
queen ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2011
Traditionally the roof was constructed from framed Mansard roof trusses, which
were a combination of a king post truss and a queen post truss, as illustrated in
Figure 2.77. Today they will normally be formed using Mansard-trussed rafters.
10
Elementary principles of carpentry
Queen posts and suspending pieces are strained in a similar manner to king
posts, but the load upon them is proportional only to that part of the length of the
tie-beam sustained by each suspending piece or queen post. The part
suspended by ...
Thomas Tredgold, John Thomas Hurst, 1871
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUEEN POST»
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queen post is used in the context of the following news items.
John Hurt awarded knighthood from Queen post cancer diagnosis
The Elephant Man star John Hurt, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, has been awarded with knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. READ: John ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
The Queen posts her first ever tweet to launch new exhibition at …
The Queen sent her very first social media message through the British Monarchy account, which obviously caught the attention of a lot of Royal Family fans. «OK! Magazine, Oct 14»
Queen posts job advert for £14000-a-year dish-washer to travel …
The Queen is recruiting a washer-up who must be willing to travel for up to three months of the year around her palaces - just to do the dishes. «Daily Mail, Jan 13»
