A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 355
plastering. (See Key, C.) STABLE resistances, or stresses, exerteil at the joints ofthe piece. 3. That the forces exerted upon each of theparts into which the pieces of a structure canbe conceived to be divided shall balance eachother. That is the stress exerted at the idealsurface of division… … St.\I!LI M \( ox (S.iONE-ET-LoiRE) , FRANCE STABILITY. As applied to structures, theproperty of remaining in equilibrium withoutchange of position, although the externally a,p-plied force may deviate to a certain extent itsmean amount or position. The conditions ofequilibrium of a structure are…
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