An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 339
... force AB acting upwards renders its vertical effect greater than the weight of a quantity ID , which serves as a compensation to the part BH , that the other force BF adds to the weight by drawing downwards . Similarly , the vertical ...
... force AB acting upwards renders its vertical effect greater than the weight of a quantity ID , which serves as a compensation to the part BH , that the other force BF adds to the weight by drawing downwards . Similarly , the vertical ...
Page 359
... force Na = px HG HG IG 1384. Considering , in the same way , the two forces of the power Q which retain the voussoir on the inclined plane , we shall find the parallel force Nƒ = Q × and the per- IH IG H IG GH ' pendicular force Nd = Qx ...
... force Na = px HG HG IG 1384. Considering , in the same way , the two forces of the power Q which retain the voussoir on the inclined plane , we shall find the parallel force Nƒ = Q × and the per- IH IG H IG GH ' pendicular force Nd = Qx ...
Page 663
... force pipe GH . On the next ascent of the piston more water is allowed to pass through the valve V , and the next descent forces this water through the valve V into the force pipe . By repeating the action the quantity of water in the force ...
... force pipe GH . On the next ascent of the piston more water is allowed to pass through the valve V , and the next descent forces this water through the valve V into the force pipe . By repeating the action the quantity of water in the force ...
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ARCHITECTURE OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES | 4 |
Arcades above Arcades | 13 |
Jewish and Phoenician | 24 |
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