Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 241
ratively late period. The arch,and the vault which may be looked on as generated fromthe arch, possess the marked constructive property of exer-cising a lateral thrust, the nature and conditions of whichare two well known to need demonstration in this place,while in their aesthetic aspect they… … Fig. 14.—Roman Aqueduct at Tarragona. straight lines and right angles naturally predominant inbuildings reared of parallelopiped bricks or cut stones, is ofitself artistically pleasing. A series of such forms, as in abridge or an aqueduct, such as the Roman example in Fig.14, has in itself…
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