Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Estes and Lauriat Publishers · leaf 163
; in which lattercase the main shaft di-vides into two or moreminor shafts, and formsa group with the shaftbrought down fromabove. § IV. When this shaft,brought from roof toground, is subordinate tothe main pier, and citheris carried down the faceof it, or forms no largepart of the group, the… … Fig. XXXVI. THE ARCH LOAD. 151 latter aiTaugement becomes absurd or uusatisfactoiy in pro-portion to the sntficieucy of the main shaft to carry the roolwithout the help of the minor shafts or arch, which in iiianyinstances of Pailadian work look as if they might be removedwithout danger to the…
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