An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 359
... joints and surfaces nicely wrought , as the parallelopipeds in the preceding example . 1375. The first model was of a semicircular arch 9 inches diameter , comprised between two concentric semi - circumferences of circles 21 lines apart ...
... joints and surfaces nicely wrought , as the parallelopipeds in the preceding example . 1375. The first model was of a semicircular arch 9 inches diameter , comprised between two concentric semi - circumferences of circles 21 lines apart ...
Page 361
... joint and the other Nd perpendicular to it . Producing the line from the joint HG , drawing the horizontal line GI and letting fall the vertical HI , consider the line HG as an inclined plane whose height is HI and base IG . Then the ...
... joint and the other Nd perpendicular to it . Producing the line from the joint HG , drawing the horizontal line GI and letting fall the vertical HI , consider the line HG as an inclined plane whose height is HI and base IG . Then the ...
Page 362
... joints were concentric . To determine the section of the joints , the diagonal FG was drawn on the face of the half arch , and from its extremity F touch- ing the pier , the perpendicular FO meeting O in the vertical , passing through ...
... joints were concentric . To determine the section of the joints , the diagonal FG was drawn on the face of the half arch , and from its extremity F touch- ing the pier , the perpendicular FO meeting O in the vertical , passing through ...
Page 363
... joints were perpendicular to their lower surfaces , as in other arches . 12. The inconveniences which result from making the joints of flat arches concentric have been before noticed . If the stones could slide freely on one another ...
... joints were perpendicular to their lower surfaces , as in other arches . 12. The inconveniences which result from making the joints of flat arches concentric have been before noticed . If the stones could slide freely on one another ...
Page 380
... joint at 45 degrees , altogether forming sixteen pieces . The vault stands on a circular wall of the same thickness divided into eight parts corresponding to those of the vault . All the parts are so arranged as to form continued joints ...
... joint at 45 degrees , altogether forming sixteen pieces . The vault stands on a circular wall of the same thickness divided into eight parts corresponding to those of the vault . All the parts are so arranged as to form continued joints ...
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