+ + Acad. 71: 496. N. 17, ’06. 840w.
“It is artistic rather than scientific. The scientific possibilities in all this field of observation have been practically untouched.”
+ – Nature. 75: 128. D. 6, ’06. 1220w.
“The volume is a distinct addition to popular knowledge of anthropology and ethnography.”
+ + Outlook. 84: 843. D. 1, ’06. 170w.
“All through this book we are not introduced to any one individual, though Mr. Kidd’s graphic pen has power to make his reader dream that he has been living among a pack of black children.”
+ Spec. 97: 816. N. 24, ’06. 1850w.
Kidder, Frank Eugene. Building construction and superintendence. Pt. 3. Trussed roofs and roof trusses. $3. Comstock.
The author’s clear and comprehensive description accompanied by ample illustrations covers types of modern and steel trusses, the layout of trussed roofs, open timber roofs and church roofs, vaulted and domed ceilings, octagonal and domed roofs, roofs and trusses of coliseums, armored trainsheds, and exposition buildings, data and methods for computing the purlin and truss loads and supporting forces or reactions. A chapter is further devoted to numerical examples for the determinations of stresses in roof trusses of different types by the graphic method.