Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York: John Wiley · leaf 94
rtion to the feet of the pillars at e inFig. IX. above : If each step in Fig. II. were gathered accurately,the projection of the entire circular base would be less in propor-tion to its height than it is in Fig. II.; but the approximation tothe result in Fig. X. is quite accurate enough for our… … drawn the joints of the stones, because these would confuse theoutlines of the bases ; and I have not represented the rounding 76 VII. THE PIER BASE. CONSTRUCTION. of the shafts, because it does not bear at present on the argu-ment.) ~Now it would hardly be convenient, if we had to passbetween the…
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