Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 171
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 eitheris carried down the faceof it, or forms no largepart of the group, the… … Fig. XXXVI. THE ARCH LOAD. 151 latter arrangement becomes absurd or unsatisfactory in pro-portion to the sufficiency of the main shaft to carry the roolwithout the help of the minor shafts or arch, which in manjinstances of Palladian work look as if they might be removedwithout danger to the…
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