Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 61
. It is not the province of this work to enter 49 50 PRACTICAL CARPENTRY into a scientific discussion on the arch, but someof its properties must be known to the mechanicbefore he will be able to construct centers under-standingly; and the general principles here laiddown will help the workman… … riG,57. Fig.58. but any Vv^eight that may be placed upon them. The leading principles in the construction ofan arch are: 1.—That all the stones of which it is formedshall be of the form of wedges; that is, narrowerat the inner than the outer end. 2.—That all the joints formed by the meetingof the…
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