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 397
will not crush. But it ought to he recollected that in good construction the area(if tlie points of support should he so distiihuted as to establish for each a sufficient strength,because a single weak point will often endanger the whole fal)ric. 1457. In practice, a readier method will be wanting… … groined vault supported in the centre by the pier E. Dividing each side into two equalparts, draw the lines HI, ¥G crossing each other in the centre E, and the diagonals A E,EB, EC, ED and H F, HG, IF, IG crossing each other in tFie points K, K, K, K.in No. 2. draw the pier its half height to the…
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