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Horton- -Huygens
Horton, Charles (cont’d)
621,672 Mar. 21, 1899 Details of clamps, lugs, and bent flanges used to join members of a
sub-divided Pratt truss.
Houts, Benjamin
222,499 Dec. 9, 1879 Bollman-truss configuration of cables superimposed on timber Vierendeel
truss. Trussed bottom chord.
Howe, William
1,685 Jul. 10, 1840 Timber truss configuration. Web pattern of verticals and Vs. Additional
(third) chord above bottom chord. Superimposed arch.
1,711 Aug. 3, 1840 Timber truss. Double-intersecting diagonals. Vertical rods.
4,726 Aug. 28, 1846 Timber arch-braced truss. Timber chords and crossed diagonals in web.
Vertical rods.
Hunt, Platt
549,643 Nov. 12, 1895 *Girder. Timber members hollowed to receive inserted metal tube.
Labeled “bridge.”
Hunter, Henry & Jesse Rice
141,056 Jul. 22, 1873 Timber truss. Third horizontal chord at mid-height. Two pairs of
eccentrically crossed diagonals between verticals.
Huygens, George
14,584 Apr. 1, 1856 Compensating combination of trussed-arch and superimposed inverted
trussed-arch.
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