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 848
e, b , and a, we have the form of the shadow in elevation. The part from b to c of the cyma being in light, itsshadow will be the curve c b, wherein, if it be required on a large scale, any numberof pomts may be taken to determine its form by means of correspondent points on the planas for the… … S28 THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Book II. corresponds with ab on the plan, as do the pointsE, F, G, H with efgh, from which verticals deter-mine them in the elevation. The projection of theplinth on the lower step is found by KJ and acorresponding line and vertical, which, to preventconfusion, is not…
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