John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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Էջ 107
... buttresses which receive its thrust . Above the level of this retaining arch the buttresses are stopped off and covered with solid caps ; while , functioning as a fence , there is a neat parapet with rounded arrisses and light buttresses ...
... buttresses which receive its thrust . Above the level of this retaining arch the buttresses are stopped off and covered with solid caps ; while , functioning as a fence , there is a neat parapet with rounded arrisses and light buttresses ...
Էջ 113
... buttresses , and across the top is drawn a Corinthian entablature , not a slavish copy of some Roman original , but a simplified version , Rennie's own design . Once again the abutment walls have the attractive concave batter and are ...
... buttresses , and across the top is drawn a Corinthian entablature , not a slavish copy of some Roman original , but a simplified version , Rennie's own design . Once again the abutment walls have the attractive concave batter and are ...
Էջ 114
... buttresses and , horizontally , two string courses making respectively the bed of the canal and the level of the towing path . The effect is obtained by surface treatment and by the use of contrasting colours . The rock - faced quoins ...
... buttresses and , horizontally , two string courses making respectively the bed of the canal and the level of the towing path . The effect is obtained by surface treatment and by the use of contrasting colours . The rock - faced quoins ...
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