Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 250
to the vaulted sur-face and must be covered with roughboarding to receive the masonry. When two vaults intersect eachother, as in the case of a main vault,and the vault over a transept, the ceil-ing at the place where vaults come together is said to be groined.The two vaults may be of the same… … Fig. 264. Diagram of Cylin-drical Vault 199 188 CARPENTRY almost always made equal in height and often they are of equalspan as well. The framework for each vault is composed of ribs spaced com-paratively close together, and resting on the side walls at the spring-ing line. When, however, the two…
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