Stereotomy : Problems in stone cutting. In four classes. I. Plane-sided structures. II. Structures containing developable surfaces. III. Structrues containing warped surfaces. IV. Structures containing double-curved surfaces. For students of engineering and architecture (1875)
Warren, S. Edward (Samuel Edward), 1831-1909 · New York : J. Wiley and son · leaf 75
al form, the student can beprepared both to design and superintend the construction ofan oblique arch as commonly built, and to read the works inwhich the subject is treated more elaborately. Preliminary Topics.Elementary Mechanics of the Arch. 61. Let ABC be an ordinary semi-cylindrical arch, of… … -£■ Fig. 4. thus actuated by its unresisted weight, would fall, by turningabout a as a centre. As it would prevent the use of the archto oppose GH by props underneath, it is counteracted by a hori-zontal force acting, as at T, at any point of BT, and this hor-izontal force consists in the reaction…
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