Fig. 77.—Vcussoir. composed of voussoirs, whoselateral joints are oblique, andradiate towards one centre ormore. (Figs. ]■], 78, and 79.)This method of construction is very convenient because itenables the builder to utilize constructive units of very small Fig. 78.—Arrangement of voussoirs. … Fig. 79.—Semicircular vault. dimensions, such as bricks. But this advantage has a corre-sponding drawback. These voussoirs thrust one against another Compact Construction. 11 and tend towards disintegration. They are not stable in them-selves, and in order to give them stability they must be kept…
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