The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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Page 360
... piers , instead of 284 lines found by the preceding operation . Application of the Principles in the Model of a straight Arch . 1388. The second model to which the application of the preceding methods was made was a straight arch of the ...
... piers , instead of 284 lines found by the preceding operation . Application of the Principles in the Model of a straight Arch . 1388. The second model to which the application of the preceding methods was made was a straight arch of the ...
Page 371
... pier , so that all the piers together would form a wall of the same thickness . For this reason the surfaces only of the arches and piers have been hitherto considered , that is , as profiles or sections of an arch of any given length ...
... pier , so that all the piers together would form a wall of the same thickness . For this reason the surfaces only of the arches and piers have been hitherto considered , that is , as profiles or sections of an arch of any given length ...
Page 934
... pier , mark the direction of the ribs and arches ; and upon each of these , at a small distance from the pier , are placed vertical sections of these ribs , as at ABCD . " B Fig . 1075a . Fig . 1076 . jsft FOUNTAINS ABBEY ; NAVE Norman ...
... pier , mark the direction of the ribs and arches ; and upon each of these , at a small distance from the pier , are placed vertical sections of these ribs , as at ABCD . " B Fig . 1075a . Fig . 1076 . jsft FOUNTAINS ABBEY ; NAVE Norman ...
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