Talk:Brown truss

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Did you know... that the Brown truss (pictured: truss detail) was patented in 1857, enjoyed a brief spurt in popularity, was used in several covered bridges in Michigan in the mid 19th century, and was apparently never used again?

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I beleve the diagram is incorrect. Not all of the grey members are in compression. for example on the top left there are 3 compression members meeting with no tension member which I don't think is possible. Also the botom strings of the truss will all be in tension. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.178.254.61 (talk • contribs) 07:11, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

I believe you are correct and I was in error. Editors have been making changes to reflect this improved understanding. ++Lar: t/c 20:30, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Deep Space Communication Complex is just some random truss[edit]

It is not clear to me that the image at the bottom in the gallery is necessarily using a Brown Truss... It has the X per panel that's characteristic but the crossmembers are riveted, not pinned. Yes, it's been there for 10 years or so but I don't think it's justified. (all the other images in the gallery were added by me when I created this article back in the day...) ++Lar: t/c 22:01, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]