 | Engineering - 1879 - 550 pages
...the posts of the trasses, the arches springing from large Roman sheet-iron capitals, about halfway down the posts ! The result is that, at a little distance, the specta¡ tor beholds an arcade, without any visible means of support, for 340 feet. To be thoroughly... | |
 | James Nisbit Hazlehurst - Building, Iron and steel - 1904 - 358 pages
...between the posts of the trusses, the arches springing from large Roman sheetiron capitals about hall-way down the posts. The result is that at a little distance...constructed 'decoration' should have at least sanded his sheet iron when painted and marked out in strong lines the joints that masonry of similar forms suggests.... | |
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Roman sheet-iron capitals about half way down the posts ! The result is that, at a little distance, the spectator beholds an arcade, without any visible means of support for a distance of 340 feet. To be thoroughly consistent, the architect (heaven save... 