Papers read at the Royal Institute of British Architects (1853)
Royal Institute of British Architects · London, Royal Institute of British Architects · leaf 58
ir of adjacent bosses or convergences of vaulting ribs, which would look ugly. The panelling makes a continuous arch quite strong enough to prevent the intermediate stones of that long horizontal rib from dropping. In fact, the panelling, if carefully constructed, would be stronger without ribs… … to B, will bear no outward thrust; but if you break it into two pieces and incline them inwards in the direction A E, BE, and arch them, they will stand if E is resisted, and if the arches are made stiff enough by panelling or filling in. Similarly another pair of arches or ribs, A F, B F, will…
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