Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)
Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 80
ttress pier1 This actually happened at S. Thomass Church, Portsmouth, which itfell to my lot to repair. J. G. A. 4 5Q THE GOTHIC VAULT [CH. Ill Inwardthrust offlyingbuttress From this pier the nave vault might be stayed by asingle prop of timber without any flying buttress, and infact when we are… … Fig. 18. the arch would fall inwards towards the nave by its ownweight. This weight therefore constitutes a thrust againstthe nave wall,—for thrust after all is only a matter ofweight,—and this helps to divert the thrust AB into amore vertical direction which is of course more easilyresisted. It is…
Architecture, Gothic
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