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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 344

An illustration from The rudiments of architecture and building, for the use of architects, builders, draughtsmen, machinists, engineers, and mechanics, 1872, leaf 344 — istance R,and the weight of the wall w, then R = wXEH. EH willbe directly as E B, the proportions of the wall being con-stant ; therefore a wall of triangular section will afford moreresistance than a rectangular one of equal sectional area,the base of a triangle being twice that of a rectangle… … ART OF BUILDING. 321 mass incapable of fracture,this form would offer more re-sistance than the triangular.But, as this is not the case,we may consider any portionof the wall cut off from thebottom by a level line tobe a distinct wall resting uponh b the lower part as a foundation. Imagine A e b to…

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