An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 198
... less a sum than 60,000l . , an almost royal sum of money . 66 439. Before proceeding further , it becomes our duty here to notice a peculiar constructio which prevailed in the large manor houses of the provinces , and more especially in ...
... less a sum than 60,000l . , an almost royal sum of money . 66 439. Before proceeding further , it becomes our duty here to notice a peculiar constructio which prevailed in the large manor houses of the provinces , and more especially in ...
Page 334
... less tha semicircle . Example . Required the area of the segment ACBDA ( fig . 517. ) , its chord AB being 12 , and the radius AE or CE 10 . As AE sin . 4 D 90 Ā° :: AD : sin . 36 Ā° : 52 } = 36 Ā· 87 degrees in the arc AC . Their double ...
... less tha semicircle . Example . Required the area of the segment ACBDA ( fig . 517. ) , its chord AB being 12 , and the radius AE or CE 10 . As AE sin . 4 D 90 Ā° :: AD : sin . 36 Ā° : 52 } = 36 Ā· 87 degrees in the arc AC . Their double ...
Page 346
... less the thickness of the segment is to the diameter less three quarters the B 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 ...
... less the thickness of the segment is to the diameter less three quarters the B 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 ...
Page 356
... less than 25 to 30 feet . A steam horse - power is reckoned as equal to th actual horses ' power , and a living horse is equal to seven men . 1350. We close this section by observing that some horses have carried 650 or 700 1 and that ...
... less than 25 to 30 feet . A steam horse - power is reckoned as equal to th actual horses ' power , and a living horse is equal to seven men . 1350. We close this section by observing that some horses have carried 650 or 700 1 and that ...
Page 364
... less thrust than those whose thickness is equal throughout . 23. Semicircular and segmental arches whose extrados is an hori- zontal line have less thrust than others . 24. As long as the piers in the models were too weak to resist the ...
... less thrust than those whose thickness is equal throughout . 23. Semicircular and segmental arches whose extrados is an hori- zontal line have less thrust than others . 24. As long as the piers in the models were too weak to resist the ...
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