XIII. Theoretical Writings on Architecture: 787.

XIII. Theoretical Writings on Architecture: 787.

787.

PLAN.

Here it is shown how the arches made in the side of the octagon thrust the piers

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of the angles outwards, as is shown by the line h c and by the line t d which thrust out the pier m; that is they tend to force it away from the centre of such an octagon.

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