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 390
e should be equal to L/; but as this last requires for sustainingitself that the larger one should act against it with an effort equal to KL, this will bethe difference of the opjiosite effort, which causes the thrust against the lower part ofthe smaller arch and the pier from whence it springs.… … ^<2r. b- ^ ^ a a- a Having found AK=30.land AB = 9, we have for the value of p SOi x 9 = 274.1, and forthat of 2/j —549,f/ which represents IT, being 29i, 2pd = 16195}^. In 2mc ; m, which reprosents MK X AB, will be 12^ x 9 = 111, and 2m = 222. c, which represents fK, being 8, we have 2wc = 222…
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