An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 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 60
... beam ( epistylium ) , which was borne by the columns , would probably extend in one piece through each face of the building . But in a stone construction this could not take place , even had blocks of such dimensions been procurable ...
... beam ( epistylium ) , which was borne by the columns , would probably extend in one piece through each face of the building . But in a stone construction this could not take place , even had blocks of such dimensions been procurable ...
Page 191
... beam " over the vaulting and between the west towers . Total internal length 482 ft . and breadth 222 ft . at west transepts . MANCHESTER - - COLLEGIATE CHURCH ( The Virgin , S. Denis of France , and S. George of England ) . Dates and ...
... beam " over the vaulting and between the west towers . Total internal length 482 ft . and breadth 222 ft . at west transepts . MANCHESTER - - COLLEGIATE CHURCH ( The Virgin , S. Denis of France , and S. George of England ) . Dates and ...
Page 395
... 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 413
... 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 to carry great weights , and to resist ...
... 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 to carry great weights , and to resist ...
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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 depth describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet girder given Gothic granite half horizontal inches intercolumniations joints length lime limestone marble mortar mouldings nave oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof 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 weight whereof width wood