ROOFS.—Saddle Roof.—Lean-to or Shed Roof.—Simple Hip-Roof.—Pyramidal
Roof.—Theoretical Roof.—Roof with Straining Beam.—Gothic
Roof.—Hammer-Beam Roofs.—Curved Principal Roofs.—Roofs with
Suspending Rods.—Deck Roofs.—King-post and Principal Roof.—Queen-post
and Principal Roof.—Roofs with Laminated Arches.—Strapped Roof
Frames.—Tie-beam Roofs.—Roofs for Long Spans.—Theatre Roof.—Church
Roof.—Mansard Roof.—Slopes of Roofs.—Rules for Determining the Sizes
of Timbers for Roofs.—Acute and Obtuse Angled Hip-Roofs.—Development
of Hip-Roofs.—Obtaining Lengths and Bevels of Rafters.—Backing
Hip Rafters.—Lengths, Bevels and Cuts of Purlins.—Circular,
Conical and Segmental Roofs.—Rafters with Variable Curves.—Veranda
Rafters.—Development of all kinds of Rafters.—Curved Mansard
Rafters.—Framed Mansard Roofs.—Lines and Rules for obtaining various
kinds of Information.—Thirty-four Illustrations.