Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 136
reat blocks and of so great athickness of wall in the case of a building only a few metres highmust in my opinion have been with the object of keeping thechambers of the magazines cool and dry. The divisions, too, between the cells are very thick, which isunusual in ordinary building—some are as… … ^/<^ %^ FIG. 56.—DOUBLE WALLS BUILT OF LARGE BLOCKSCONNECTED BY WOODEN STRUTS. zines by means of these walls from the frost of winter and theheat of summer. The great blocks of alabaster resemole petrified spongesfull of sharp-edged cavities. The weather dissolves the solublelime and gives the…
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