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 646
/ of Architecture, in the whole compassof the architects employment that is more important or more worthy of a distinct con-sideration than the roof. The great caution is, continues our author that the roof beneither too massy nor too slight. Both extremes are to be avoided, for in… … to press upon the wain, and by tliat btaring to unite and hold all together. This it wil,not he massy enough to iierlorni if too little timber be employed, so tliat the extreme isto be shunned. But in )>ractice the great and common error is on the otlier side ; and liewill do the most…
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