A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 164
FIG. 122. which is shown in Figs. 123 and 123. A light center ofwood, shown at a, Fig. 122, was used, and on this, brickarches, as shown at b, were built. These brick arches were masonry; 153 called arjiiatujcs, and as they are really the support of thevault, only very light wooden centers were… … Fig. 123. When vaults intersect each other, they are termed groinedvaults^ groined being the term applied to the curved inter-section or arris of simple vaults crossing each other at anyangle. BRICK PIERS. 212, Brick pieis are built in the same manner as brickwalls. When they are less than 3 feet…
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