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 619
delineator. 1 967. To find the bevels and moulds fir the joints and sofitesof an elliptical arch cutting obliquclg through a straight wall,the joints radiating to the centre of the opening. Draw the axisEN of the arch {fig. 648.j, and theiein take any point E,through which draw AB jieqiendicular to… … Ci./ III. IMASONliY. 599 -R make EF equal to the heiglit of the inner arch and EG equal to the height of the ou.er»ieh. On the major axis AB, and semi-minor axis EG, descrihe the semi-ellipsis AGl!,which is the extrados of tlie arch. Also, on CD as the major axis, and EF the semi- iiiinoraxis,…
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