Rudiments of the art of building : represented in five sections [...] for the use of architects, builders, draghtsmen, machinists, engineers and mechanics (1853)
Bullock, John · New York : Stringer & Townsend · leaf 57
is practicable, by joggling the courses together withbed-dowel joggles, so as to render the whole abutmentone solid mass. 80. Wing Walls.—Where the wing walls of a bridge arebuilt as shown in fig. 26, the pressure of the earth willalways have a tendency to fracture them at their junctioa 52… … with the abutments, as shown by the lines ah, c d. Equalstrength with the same amount of material will be obtainedby building a number of thin longitudinal and cross walls, asshown in fig. 2Y, by which means, the earth being kept from Fig. 27.
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