Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Estes and Lauriat Publishers · leaf 363
^ we considered the arch to be cutstraight through the wall; so that, if halfbuilt, it would have the appearance at a,Fig. LXIX. But hi the chaj^ter on Formof Apertures, we found that the side of theof the aperture, might often require to be It is easily … Fig. LXIX. arch, or jamb bevelled, so as to give the section b, Fig. LXIX. TEE ARCniVOLT AND APERTURE. 327 conceivable that wlien two ranges of voussoirs were used,one over another, it would be easier to leave those beneath,of a smaller diameter, than to bevel them to accurate junc-tion with those…
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