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 669
struction of the arch is the chief matter for consideration, andto that a large portion of this work has been devoted ; hence, on the part of the architect,we do not resign his jiretension to employment in such works, for which, indeed, as respectsdesign, his general education fits liim better than… … nnd might be employed with advantage where it is desirable that the piers should occupya small s])ace, and the river is not subject to great floods. The same great architect, in hiscelebrated Treatise on Architecture, has given several designs for timber bridges, the princi-ples of whose…
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