An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 357
... horizontal plane , the vertical faces ED FR may be considered as inclined planes of 60 degrees . On this hypothesis it may be demonstrated by mechanics , that to sustain a body between two planes forming an angle of 60 degrees ( fig ...
... horizontal plane , the vertical faces ED FR may be considered as inclined planes of 60 degrees . On this hypothesis it may be demonstrated by mechanics , that to sustain a body between two planes forming an angle of 60 degrees ( fig ...
Page 361
... horizontal : thus the compound force Kh is but the result of the vertical force 4h , and the horizontal force 4K . 4. That the vertical force of each voussoir diminishes from T to G , where , for the key- stone CD , it becomes nothing ...
... horizontal : thus the compound force Kh is but the result of the vertical force 4h , and the horizontal force 4K . 4. That the vertical force of each voussoir diminishes from T to G , where , for the key- stone CD , it becomes nothing ...
Page 770
... horizontal line . O in the horizontal line VZ is the centre of the picture , being perpendicularly opposite to the eye at E. 9. The vertical line is a line drawn through the centre of the picture perpendicular to the horizon . In the ...
... horizontal line . O in the horizontal line VZ is the centre of the picture , being perpendicularly opposite to the eye at E. 9. The vertical line is a line drawn through the centre of the picture perpendicular to the horizon . In the ...
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