An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 1045
the other tothe main pillar that divides the nave and side aisles, or nearly so. The inclination of the arched buttresses is not such as to resist the spreading of thevault at its base, the knowledge of their use not having then been attained The heiglitof the vaulting of the nave from the pavement… … Fig. 1272. SECTION OF WELLS CATllEUJiAL. nfiicldle vault, and a tangent drawn at the I)ack of the vault and elongated determines theinclination of the top of the flying buttress: here some improvement is shown upon those Chap. IV. PRINCIPLES OF PROPORTION. 1025 at Salisbury. Tin; masonry of the…
Architecture · Architects
Internet Archive · University of Toronto Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
