Main entry:

Yeomans, David T.

Title & Author:

The trussed roof : its history and development / David T. Yeomans.

Publication:

Aldershot, England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Co., ©1992.

Description:

xv, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-213) and index.
1. Scope and methods of enquiry -- 2. Roof types before the truss -- 3. Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren: the introduction of the truss into England -- 4. Christopher Wren and his contemporaries -- 5. Architect or carpenter: who designed the roof? -- 6. dissemination of the new forms -- 7. Developments of the truss: new forms and new uses -- 8. Understanding the behaviour of the truss -- 9. From timber to iron: new materials and new possibilities -- 10. Invention or evolution as ways of change.
Also issued online.

Summary:

This work offers a detailed examination of an aspect of architectural history (the trussed roof). It is intended for the use of historians of the environment, architects and conservationists.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0859678741
9780859678742

Subject:

Roof trusses History.
Roofs Design and construction History.
Fermes de toit Histoire.
Toits Conception et construction Histoire.
Roof trusses
Roofs Design and construction
Toits Histoire.
Roofs Architecture History

Form/genre:

dictionaries.
History
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 87062
Call No.: ID:93-B2024
Status: Available