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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 357

An illustration from The rudiments of architecture and building, for the use of architects, builders, draughtsmen, machinists, engineers, and mechanics, 1872, leaf 357 — with the abutments, as shown by the lines a b, c d. Equalstrength with the same amount of material will be obtainedby building a number of thin longitudinal and cross walls, asshown in fig. 27, by which means, the earth being kept from Fig. 27. IfeEsES … the back of the walls, there is no tendency to failure of thiskind. 81 Vaulting.—The ordinary forms of vaults may beclassed under three heads, viz., cylindrical, coved, and groined A cylindrical vault is simply a semicircular arch, the endsof which are closed by upright walls, as shown in fig. 28.…

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