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 431
hoped that abler handsthan ours will henceforth be stimulatedto the work, such being abundant in the))rofession whereof we ])lace ourselves asthe binnblest of its members.Fig. 610a. 158:;rf. As on the liorizontal projec- tion or plan of a building, the ratio of the points of sui)i)ort have been… … Chap. I. WALLS AND PIERS. 411 p<irts represent the solids, which therefore give boundaries of the voids. Worcester Cathe-dral is tlie example shown. Li this mode of viewing a structure, as also in that of tlie))oints of support, there is a minimum to which art is confined, and in both cases…
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