Notes and sketches of an architect taken during a journey in the northwest of Europe; (1877)
Narjoux, Felix, 1836-1891 · Boston : J. R. Osgood · leaf 130
accoimt, if any subsidence were to take place in theparts thus filled, the solidity of the foundations of the archeswould not be compromised; and if, on the contrarv, one of these AMSTERDAM 125 were to give way, it would be an isolated accident, the con-sequences of which would probably be but… … Fig. 76—The Montalbans-Toren, Amsterdam. fining to these points alone the labor of consolidating the soil,instead of extending it all round the circumference of the walls.This system, indeed, is only the application of the principlewhich was carried out in the construction of our large cathedrals…
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