An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 95
... curve , strong ropes were attached in the direction ( on the plan ) of the radiating walls . These ropes passed through pullies in the poles , 240 in number , at the top of the building , which rested on the corbels above mentioned ...
... curve , strong ropes were attached in the direction ( on the plan ) of the radiating walls . These ropes passed through pullies in the poles , 240 in number , at the top of the building , which rested on the corbels above mentioned ...
Page 152
... curve , whether pointed , semicircular , or segmental . These arches , in order to be strong and solid , should be fixed at their feet on plates of timber framed together , lying very level on the external walls ; and the planks which ...
... curve , whether pointed , semicircular , or segmental . These arches , in order to be strong and solid , should be fixed at their feet on plates of timber framed together , lying very level on the external walls ; and the planks which ...
Page 262
... curve BCDFGLB . curve line is called the circumference of a circle . The circle is the space enclosed by this circumference . The point A , which , in the formation of the circle is at rest , is called the centre . The right lines AC ...
... curve BCDFGLB . curve line is called the circumference of a circle . The circle is the space enclosed by this circumference . The point A , which , in the formation of the circle is at rest , is called the centre . The right lines AC ...
Page 288
... curve line , three points will not be sufficient to make a curve surface . If , therefore , all the physical points which compose the surface of the sphere C ( fig . 354. ) be taken three by three , the whole surface will be divided ...
... curve line , three points will not be sufficient to make a curve surface . If , therefore , all the physical points which compose the surface of the sphere C ( fig . 354. ) be taken three by three , the whole surface will be divided ...
Page 293
... curve formed by a flexible cord or chain suspended by its two extremi- G F B Fig . 391 . Fig . 392 . ties . Let c , d , in the line A B ( fig . 392. ) be the two points of suspension , and from them let the cord or chain be hung so as ...
... curve formed by a flexible cord or chain suspended by its two extremi- G F B Fig . 391 . Fig . 392 . ties . Let c , d , in the line A B ( fig . 392. ) be the two points of suspension , and from them let the cord or chain be hung so as ...
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