The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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Page 368
... Extrados . 1417. The model of arch fig . 579. is of the same opening as the last , but with a level extrados , serving as the floor of an upper story . The thickness of the keystone is 9 lines . To find the place of fracture or of the ...
... Extrados . 1417. The model of arch fig . 579. is of the same opening as the last , but with a level extrados , serving as the floor of an upper story . The thickness of the keystone is 9 lines . To find the place of fracture or of the ...
Page 581
... extrados is LQM ; they are both ellipses respectively of the same height as the intrados and extrados of the right arch , but with the axes OR and LM . 1969. To find the bevel of the angle of the arch stones corresponding to the joint ...
... extrados is LQM ; they are both ellipses respectively of the same height as the intrados and extrados of the right arch , but with the axes OR and LM . 1969. To find the bevel of the angle of the arch stones corresponding to the joint ...
Page 583
... extrados of the eleva- tion ; draw the joints and describe the plan a'b'c'd'e'f ' of the intrados ( fig . 653. ) , and the plan Eg'h'i'k'D of the extrados . Draw BR perpendicular to AB , and draw BS ' , the portion of the cylindric ...
... extrados of the eleva- tion ; draw the joints and describe the plan a'b'c'd'e'f ' of the intrados ( fig . 653. ) , and the plan Eg'h'i'k'D of the extrados . Draw BR perpendicular to AB , and draw BS ' , the portion of the cylindric ...
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