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we succeed in directing the attentionof a single individual more directly to this most interestingdepartment of the science of architecture, we shall not havewritten in vain. Art. II. Experimental Essays on the Principles of Constructionin Arches^ Piers, Buttresses, Sfc. By William Bland, Jun.Essay… … The span from the pillar to the buttress wall is 27 ft. 6 in.The height of the pillar is 27 ft. 6 in. The height of the shaft is24 ft. The diameter of the compound pillar is 2 ft. 6 in.; ahorizontal section of which is shown at e, the large centre pillarhaving eight small pillars surrounding it,…
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