A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 360
ee Key, C.) STABLE iTsistaiices, or stresses, oxorteil ;it the joints ofthe pieee. 3. That the forces exertwl iipoii eaeii of theparts into wiiieii tiie jiieces of a stnicture canlx> conceived to be tliviiled shall balance eachuthei. Tiiat is the stress exerted at the idealsurface of division… … Stable at M-ico.v (Saonk-et-Loire), France. STABILITY. As applied to structures, theproperty of remaining in equilibrium withoutciiange of position, although the externally ap-plied force may deviate to a certain extent itsmean amount or position. The comlitions ofequilibrium of a structure arc…
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