Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York: John Wiley · leaf 173
g with thevoussoirs, yet by no meansbearing on them with per-fectly dead weight, but lock-ing itself together above them,and capable of being throwninto forms which relieve them,in some degree, from its pres-sure. § ii. It is evident that if weare to place a continuous roofabove the line of arches,… … CONSTRUCTION. Xn. THE ARCH LOAD. 147 Fig. XXXVI. the semicircle so as to obtain a level line of support. We mayfirst do this simply asat 5, with plain mass ofwall; so laying the roofon the top, which is themethod of the pure By-zantine and Italian Ro-manesque. But if we findtoo much stress is…
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