Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Towle, George M. (George Makepeace), 1841-1893 · Boston : J.R. Osgood and Company · leaf 142
cing X. Thus thisarc X will receive the thrust of the key-stone of the vault,and will carry it upon the two cheeks P. Papa Branchuwill have only traced this curve X on ,the bolsters of thecentring to form his vaulting. It was not certain that Paul quite seized this explanation,though several times… … Fig. 27. I spare you the details, said the cousin, who saw thatPaul scarcely comprehended the construction of the cellars, fur the structure of the vaults, of their penetrations, is amatter that calls for long study. We have only made simplevaults, and you will observe that the doors of the cellars…
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