The Development of Timber as a Structural Material

Contents: Introduction Medieval Timber Structures: The cruck-built barn of Leigh Court, Worcestershire, England, F. W. B. Charles and Walter Horn The grammar of carpentry, Richard Harris The timber roofs of York Minster, J. Quentin Hughes Jettying and floor-framing in medieval Essex, Cecil A. Hewett Where roof meets wall: structural innovations and hammer-beam antecedants, 1150-1250, Lynn T. Courtenay The Westminster Hall roof: a historiographic and structural study, Lynn T. Courtenay and R. Mark Westminster Hall roof, Jacques Heyman The Early Modern period: Early carpenters' manuals, 1592-1820, David T. Yeomans The strength testing of timber during the 17th and 18th centuries, L. G. Booth Sir Christopher Wren's carpentry: a note on the library at Trinity College, Cambridge, Henry M. Fletcher Structural design in the 18th century: James Essex and the roof of Lincoln Cathedral Chapter House, David T. Yeomans In Delorme's manner, Douglas Harnsberger 19th-century Structures: Early wooden truss connections vs. wood shrinkage: from mortise-and-tenon joints to bolted connections, Lee H. Nelson British and American solutions to a roofing problem, David T. Yeomans The development of laminated timber arch structures in Bavaria, France and England in the early 19th century, L. G. Booth Case study of Burr truss covered bridge, Emory L. Kemp and John Hall The evolution of wooden bridge trusses to 1850, J. G. James Index.