Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 134
. Hence, let any capital be given,whose projection is just safe, and no more, on its existing scale;increase its proportions every way equally, though ever so little,and it is unsafe ; diminish them equally, and it becomes safe inthe exact degree of the diminution. CONSTRUCTION. IX. THE CAPITAL.… … Fig. XXV. Fig. XXIY., of which a is a proportion for a colossal bnilding,b for a moderately sized building, while c could only be admittedon a very small scale indeed. § xvi. 3. The greater the excess of abacus, the steeper must bethe slope of the bell, the shaft diameter being constant. This will…
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