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 630
e vvest end of the nave of 6 only. 2002m. Price notices (p. 24) that at Salisbury, The groins and principal ribs are ofChilinarK stone, but the shell, or vaulting between them, is of hewn stone and chalk mixe-d,■in tp of which is laid a coat of mortar and rubble of a consistence, ])robably ground… … very remarkable, somewhat resetiibliiin; tlie pumico-stonc, being porous ar.d ligtit, by wliichit contributes prodijiiously to the strength of tiie wliole, and at the same time the least inweight of any tonti ivance that jjerhajis was ever used. 200Jw. Tile early mouldetl i ilis are formed as y?y…
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