A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 216
8 MASONRY. 45 COLUMNS AND ENTABLATURES. 83. When possible, it is best to have the shaft of acolumn formed in one piece, irrespective of length—that is,a monolitJi. All the columns in the later portion of the Capitolat Washington are marble monoliths, quarried in Maryland.For a good class of work,… … Fig. 45. When a column is to be formed of several pieces, thestones composing the different parts should be very care-fully cut, having the abutting surfaces between the cap,base, and shaft perfectly plane and perpendicular to the axisof the column, in order that the pressure may be evenly…
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