Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : Ticknor and Co. · leaf 96
revail. But lioman vaulting re-quired abutments as well as that of the Middle Ages. We haveshown how the thrust of vaulting may be supported by rron.The matter which concerns us to analyse still more attentivelyis the appUcations that can be made of iron in vaulting buildings,and to consider… … Fio. 9. -Combination of Iron and Masonry Construction.—Method of counteracting tho thrust of an Arch. of plate-uon 15 inches wide, bent to a semicircle, on which arefastened spurs, also of plate-iron a, 2 feet 3 inches long, by meansof brackets h, as shown in the drawing B. Two angle-irons,riveted…
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