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 586
d to be cheap, as dur.ibleas stone, ventilation easily secured, and provide for the ready formation of shafts for warmair or tbr flues. The blocks have a resistance of 4,?0 lbs. to the squ.are inch, and areadapted to walls about 20 inches thick as well as t;) partitions of less width. 1902e. Mr.… … I,, leaving a cavity of 2 or more inches betweenthem, (fig. 6lli). 1903. Groined arches, A groin is the angularcurve formed by the intersection of two semi cylin-ders or arches. Tlie centering for raising tlie moresimple groins that occur in using brick arches,belongs to the section Carpentky. Tiie…
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