The history and rudiments of architecture; embracing, I. The orders of architecture; II. Architectural styles of various countries; III. The nature and principles of design in architecture; and, IV. An accurate and complete glossary of architectural terms .. (1853)
Bullock, John, ed · New York, Stringer & Townsend · leaf 217
orm ofbase, and its property is always to rest equally on the wholeenclosure : now the four ridges, or (to borrow an expressionfrom carpentry) the hips of this square dome, are the com-mon intersection-lines of the two vaults, and are evidentlysimple elliptic curves in vertical planes :… … Hence the lower ceiling orsquare dome may be entirelyremoved, as well as the fourwalls on which it rests, leavingboth passages open, and the^cross-way completely coveredby a ceiling that rests solely onthe four angles : it is even inde-pendent of the vaults over thefour arms of the cross, whichmay…
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