An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... thickness 2 ft . , weight 8 tons ; height of that on the north side 7 ft . , breadth 7 ft . , thickness 2 ft . , weight 8 tons . The middle stone is very irregular ; its medium length as well as breadth may be about 5 ft . , its thickness ...
... thickness 2 ft . , weight 8 tons ; height of that on the north side 7 ft . , breadth 7 ft . , thickness 2 ft . , weight 8 tons . The middle stone is very irregular ; its medium length as well as breadth may be about 5 ft . , its thickness ...
Page 264
... thickness . though not in strictness , inasmuch as it has thickness , may convey the 3. A line is that which has length , but neither breadth nor thickness . a surface , it is difficult to convey the strict notion of a line , yet an ...
... thickness . though not in strictness , inasmuch as it has thickness , may convey the 3. A line is that which has length , but neither breadth nor thickness . a surface , it is difficult to convey the strict notion of a line , yet an ...
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... thickness of the segment , so is that thickness to a fourth term which expresses the distance from the vertex to the centre of gravity , set off on the radius which serves as the axis . 1288. Thus , making r the radius , e the thickness ...
... thickness of the segment , so is that thickness to a fourth term which expresses the distance from the vertex to the centre of gravity , set off on the radius which serves as the axis . 1288. Thus , making r the radius , e the thickness ...
Page 349
... thickness . If they are of considerable thickness , or if there be several folds of them over one an- other on the roller or barrel , we must measure to the middle of the outermost rope for the radius of the roller , or to the radius of ...
... thickness . If they are of considerable thickness , or if there be several folds of them over one an- other on the roller or barrel , we must measure to the middle of the outermost rope for the radius of the roller , or to the radius of ...
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... thickness of the arch ; and , indeed , this sort of arch is only secure when it comprises an arc whose thickness is equal to the section upon the piers IF , as shown in fig . 570 . Observations on the Way in which Stones forming an Arch ...
... thickness of the arch ; and , indeed , this sort of arch is only secure when it comprises an arc whose thickness is equal to the section upon the piers IF , as shown in fig . 570 . Observations on the Way in which Stones forming an Arch ...
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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