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 1064
nd void by a method far more simple than thatusually adopted. I3y covering the design with equilateral triangles we see the number occupied by thesolids, and can draw a comparison with those that cover the voids : to prevent confusion inthe diagram a portion only of three of the triangles has bt^en… … SECTION OP WINCHESTER CATHEDllAL from the face of the outer buttress to the centre of the section contains 36 small equilateraltriangles, six of which cover the pier ; consequently it occupies on the section one-sixth ofthat quantity ; no further calculation is requisite to find the proportion it…
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