London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 140
hts the severalpreceding arches, itwould now be well totake into consideration the effects consequent on the variationsof the straight lines y^ and // /, as derived from the dottedlines a c^ c b, a c, and a /, in the different preceding figures. Facts have shown, that, in proportion to the length… … 120 Design for a Labourer& Cottage. or, the less the depth of the voussoirs o p^ the less is the strengthof the arch. Again, the arches have always given way, and thevoussoirs have been forced outwards, at the midway point betweenthe extremes a and c, a and e, and a and /. When, however,the…
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