Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : James R. Osgood · leaf 599
de is ter-minated at its other extremity by a weight acting vertically. This isnot symmetiy, but balance, — an end the more perfectly obtained if wecan manage that the length a b of the whole façade shall be to theheight a c of the tower wall as the length eb qî the façade Avithoutthe toAver is to… … occupied by the structure is sloping, the angle A (Pig. 108) of theplan being much lower than the other three angles B, B, B. It isnecessary to construct somewhere in the building an extra story, form-ing a sort of belvidere or tower; this must be placed, not in themiddle of one of the façades, but…
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