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The rudiments of architecture and building, for the use of architects, builders, draughtsmen, machinists, engineers, and mechanics (1872)

Bullock, John · Philadelphia, H.C. Baird & Co. · leaf 201

An illustration from The rudiments of architecture and building, for the use of architects, builders, draughtsmen, machinists, engineers, and mechanics, 1872, leaf 201 — an be placed cen-trally under each face of theabacus, as at c c, and an arris(or greatest projection) at d,under the angle of that member.This could not have been ob-tained with any other number offlutes, between twelve and twenty-eight, of which the formermight probably be used with advantage in… … OF ARCHITECTURE 191 It might be thought that contrast would be better con-sulted by making every recess or flute, a pair of planesmeeting in a nook, as if the plan consisted of five superposedsquares (as practised in some Egyptian works with a smallernumber) ; but not only would this introduce…

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