An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 58
... beam , whose name bespeaks its origin , was placed horizontally on the tops of the columns , being destined , in effect , to carry the covering of the entire building . Upon the architrave lay the joists of the ceiling , their height ...
... beam , whose name bespeaks its origin , was placed horizontally on the tops of the columns , being destined , in effect , to carry the covering of the entire building . Upon the architrave lay the joists of the ceiling , their height ...
Page 191
... beam " over the vaulting and between the west towers . Total ternal length 484 ft . and breadth 222 ft . at west transepts . The west frout was restored about 1862 . MANCHESTER - COLLEGIATE CHURCH ( The Virgin , S. Denis of France , and ...
... beam " over the vaulting and between the west towers . Total ternal length 484 ft . and breadth 222 ft . at west transepts . The west frout was restored about 1862 . MANCHESTER - COLLEGIATE CHURCH ( The Virgin , S. Denis of France , and ...
Page 341
... beam serving to raise weights , whilst it is supported at a point by a fulcrum , or prop , which is the centre of motion . To render the demonstrations relative to it easier and simpler , it is supposed to be void of gravity or weight ...
... beam serving to raise weights , whilst it is supported at a point by a fulcrum , or prop , which is the centre of motion . To render the demonstrations relative to it easier and simpler , it is supposed to be void of gravity or weight ...
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... beams where there is much chance of serious or of irregular pressures . Its weakness in respect to this strain is manifest from all experimental evidence concerning it . Gauthey states the value of a constant S , for hard limestone = 78 ...
... beams where there is much chance of serious or of irregular pressures . Its weakness in respect to this strain is manifest from all experimental evidence concerning it . Gauthey states the value of a constant S , for hard limestone = 78 ...
Page 415
... BEAMS AND PILLARS . 1593. The woods used for the purposes of carpentry merit our attention from their . importance for the purpose of constructing solid and durable edifices . They are often employed ... BEAMS AND PILLARS . Beams and Pillars.
... BEAMS AND PILLARS . 1593. The woods used for the purposes of carpentry merit our attention from their . importance for the purpose of constructing solid and durable edifices . They are often employed ... BEAMS AND PILLARS . Beams and Pillars.
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15th century aisles arch architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity chapel choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube cubic foot curve decorated describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet flange front girder Gothic granite half height horizontal inches joints length lime limestone marble material mortar mouldings nave obtained oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sand sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls whereof width wood