merelyornamental, the tension pieces, a a, forming a complete tie. ART OF BUILDING. 357 This has been shown by a partial failure which has takenplace. The wall plates having become rotten in consequenceof the gutters being stripped of their lead, the weight hasbeen thrown on the pseudo struts,… … peculiar feature of this roof is an arched rib in three thick o5S RUDIMENTS OF TIIE nesses, something on the principle of Philibert de Lorine ;but it is so slight, compared with the great span, that it isprobable, in designing the roof, the architect took full ad-vantage of the support afforded by…
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