London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 523
escreen. The former consist of solid layers of stone, and con-tinue as upright as when first constructed: the latter, beingcompound pillars, are yielding to the pressure of the arches overthe ailes ; and therefore, being similarly circumstanced to thoseof this chapter-house, they are obliged to be… … The span from the centre pillar to the buttress wall is 28 ft.The height of the pillar is 19 ft. 7 in. The height of the shaftis 17 ft. The diameter of the pillar, which is circulai, is 2 ft.4^ in. The thickness of the wall is 3 ft. 6 in. The thicknessof the buttress is 5 ft. The thickness of the…
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