Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 307
g in x)lan, and its thickness in relation to its height isconsiderably more than the thickness of a column, it is called apier even though it carries a lintel. When a pier is topped bya projecting stone or series of mouldings from which an arch 251 10 THE ROMAN ORDERS sijrings, this projection is… … JSjZTION -.SECOND- ^ ^PLAN- Fig. 4.25. An arch is a support constructed of se^jarate stones,units, or voussoirs, with its center higher than its two ends, andof an outline which is, in part or entirely, a circle, or a curve laidout from one or more centers. A vault is a continuous arch roofingover…
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