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 1047
vided not only enable us to arrange tlie other portionsaccurately, but also to measure with the greatest nicety their relative dimensions. Thequantities of material employed in construction can be estimated by such means muchmore easily than by measuring each portion separately, cubing it, and… … Fig. 1276. CHAPTER-HOUSE, WELLS: PLAN. or of any portion. In the subject before us the distance from the niim.;e of one buttress tothat of the other is 31 feet 6 inches, and the diameter taken through them at this level is92 feet; omitting the buttresses, the outer side measures 26 feet, and the…
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