Joist were typically planed smooth (wrought) and sometimes chamfered or beaded. Joists may join to their supporting beams in many ways: joists resting on top of the supporting beams are said to be "lodged"; dropped in using a butt cog joint (a type of lap joint), half-dovetail butt cog, or a half-dovetail lap joint. Joists may also be tenoned in during the raising with a soffit tenon or a tusk tenon (possibly with a housing). Joists can also be joined by being slipped into mortises after the beams are in place such as a chase mortise (pulley mortise), L-mortise, or "short
Bartolomé Mitre He wrote the best accounts of South America's wars of independence and published many works, amongst which are: There is an abridged translation of the "Historia de San Martín", entitled "The Emancipation of South America" (London, 1893) by W. Pilling. Mitre's speeches were collected as "Arengas" (third edition, three volumes, 1902). Bartolomé Mitre Bartolomé Mitre Martínez (26 June 1821 – 19 January 1906) was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868. Mitre was born in Buenos Aires to a Greek family originally named Mitropoulos. As a liberal, he was an