Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : Ticknor and Co. · leaf 53
in his days was already tending to tyrannise overbuilding methods. But we must enter upon a closer considera-tion of our subject, and come to the apphcation of principles. Iallow that in certain cases we must try to do without abutments,whatever their form, and whether plainly expressed or… … —-r-—-»T : i J i —i i——t- Fio. 13.—Example of Vaulting without Buttresses. 38 LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE. out and the vaulting fall in. Let us then try to find by whatmeans we might vault with masonry an mterior of 65 feet inthe clear, on walls 4 feet 6 inches thick at theii- widest parts,and without…
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