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Page 595
... practice . For , so far from the arch- stones being kept in their places only by forces perpendi cular to their butting sides , and having full liberty to slide along those sides , as in the wedge theory , the sides are left rough , so ...
... practice . For , so far from the arch- stones being kept in their places only by forces perpendi cular to their butting sides , and having full liberty to slide along those sides , as in the wedge theory , the sides are left rough , so ...
Page 596
... practice requires them to be . The most general deduction from this theory is , that if the height of the wall incumbent on any point of the intrados is directly as the cube of the secant of the curve's inclination to the hori zon at ...
... practice requires them to be . The most general deduction from this theory is , that if the height of the wall incumbent on any point of the intrados is directly as the cube of the secant of the curve's inclination to the hori zon at ...
Page 600
... practice of arch- building , is about as extensive and profound as his know- ledge of the theory . If the rock be ... practice , and a considerable one with the theory : how , then , can he venture to stand against Mr. Ware , who , we ...
... practice of arch- building , is about as extensive and profound as his know- ledge of the theory . If the rock be ... practice , and a considerable one with the theory : how , then , can he venture to stand against Mr. Ware , who , we ...
Page 601
... of the utmost value , in improv- ing the practice , as well as the science , of architecture . * See Transactions of the Irish Academy for 1789 . 1 Art . 11. The Works of the Rev. John Ware's Treatise on Arches . 601.
... of the utmost value , in improv- ing the practice , as well as the science , of architecture . * See Transactions of the Irish Academy for 1789 . 1 Art . 11. The Works of the Rev. John Ware's Treatise on Arches . 601.
Page 603
... practice has too generally prevailed , and men have made the genius and industry of the old writers purvey to the indolence of the moderns . We well know , indeed , that Addison maintains the opposite side of the argument ; and that he ...
... practice has too generally prevailed , and men have made the genius and industry of the old writers purvey to the indolence of the moderns . We well know , indeed , that Addison maintains the opposite side of the argument ; and that he ...
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