Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 364
eak circle ofCorinthian columns with the stilted arches form a somewhat haz-ardous support for the high gallery of piers, while the conical domewas of so displeasing a form that a cupola shell was adopted at alater period to improve at least the outline, and at the same timeto counteract the… … Fig. 195.—Longitudinal Section of the Cathedral of Pisa. Italy, had experienced great difficulty with unstable foundations, agreat number of their buildings settling irregularly. These disad-vantages were particularly felt in Pisa, where the swampy soil, ex-posed to volcanic disturbances,…
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