An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 108
... strength is assisted on the northern and southern sides by four columns of Egyptian granite . A Greek cross inscribed in a quadrangle represents the form of the edifice ; the exact breadth from b . to b . is 231 ft . , and 268 ft . from ...
... strength is assisted on the northern and southern sides by four columns of Egyptian granite . A Greek cross inscribed in a quadrangle represents the form of the edifice ; the exact breadth from b . to b . is 231 ft . , and 268 ft . from ...
Page 317
... strength . It may be here also remarked , that is is the curve described by a projectile , and that it is the form in which a jet of water is delivered from an orifice made in the side of a reservoir . So is it the best curve for the ...
... strength . It may be here also remarked , that is is the curve described by a projectile , and that it is the form in which a jet of water is delivered from an orifice made in the side of a reservoir . So is it the best curve for the ...
Page 356
... strength , but that , as he pulls backwa his body assists by way of lever . 1349. There are cases in which the architect has to avail himself of the use of ho power ; as , for instance , in pugmills for tempering mortar , and ...
... strength , but that , as he pulls backwa his body assists by way of lever . 1349. There are cases in which the architect has to avail himself of the use of ho power ; as , for instance , in pugmills for tempering mortar , and ...
Page 382
... strength of good mortar at the end of six months , if the arches are well constructed , is capable of suppressing the thrust as long as the thickness , taken at the middle of the haunches , is stronger than the tenth part of those laid ...
... strength of good mortar at the end of six months , if the arches are well constructed , is capable of suppressing the thrust as long as the thickness , taken at the middle of the haunches , is stronger than the tenth part of those laid ...
Page 394
... strength of the stone is effected , to some ex- tent , by seasoning . " 1502b . A very instructive set of experiments on the strength of Portland stone ( brown bed ) , a material now so greatly employed in building , was made by a ...
... strength of the stone is effected , to some ex- tent , by seasoning . " 1502b . A very instructive set of experiments on the strength of Portland stone ( brown bed ) , a material now so greatly employed in building , was made by a ...
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