Journal - Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania (1826)
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · [Philadelphia : Franklin Institute] · leaf 316
f the most remarkable in-stances, and where this natural bridge is used as a crossing, is atHan-tseuen, in the Province of Kiang-nan, China (Fig. 9). Sept., 19^2.] Bridges Old and New. 301 But, being monoliths, these natural arches gave no indicationof how to imitate them with smaller stones, so… … Entrance to theatre at Messina. small openings. In Greece, especially, the first arches were builtof stones laid in horizontal courses, each course projecting beyondthe one below. This was first done cautiously, so that the topcourses did not meet as in the later constructions but the…
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