10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERPITCH VAULT»
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the encyclopedia americana
Welsh or Underpitch Vault. than the main and springing from a higher level,
causing the groin line to assume a double curve. They are found frequently
covering Roman halls and baths and appear in French Romanesque. Oblique
vaults can ...
... vault is tangent to the curve of the cross-section of the- annulus. Fig. 24. The
groin-line is slightly curved on plan, but may be made straight by substituting a
conoid for the cone. c. A i) annular vault inter- ... sected by an underpitch vault (
Fig.
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A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
... vault A compound vaultformed by four coves meeting along diagonal vertical
planes. Also called coved underpitch vault A compound vault having a central
vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch. Also called ridges are at the same
height.
Francis D. K. Ching, 2011
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Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
Cyril M. Harris. well curb Welsh arch A small flat arch consisting only of a
keystone supported on each side by two projecting stretchers that are shaped to
fit the keystone. Welsh groin A groin formed by an underpitch vault. Welsh groins
...
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Sturgis Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture and Building
(c) An annular vault intersected by an underpitch vault (Fig. 32). FIG. 62. (cl) An
annular vault intersected by a stilted cylindrical vault (Fig. 33). IV. Tripartite Vaults
, covering triangular '7 . WI //4445'/I' / /44//;4/ |i| G F I FIG. 63 (PLAN). spaces and ...
Russell Sturgis, Francis A. Davis, 2014
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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
... to allow the structure to be added to or enlarged. 2. the system of supports
constructed in such a process. Mining Engineering, the building up of the wall of
a mine shaft so that it can join the one above it. underpitch vault Architecture, a
vault ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992
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Dictionary of Architecture and Construction
... e.g., additional support required as a result of a new excavation in adjoining
property which is deeper than the existing foundation. underpitch groin A groin
formed by an underpitch vault. underpitch vault, Welsh vault A construcr tion
formed ...
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The Americana: a universal reference library, comprising the ...
5) with the surface parts cylindrical usually and the groin line becomes a
hyperbola. In the square compartment also comes the "stilted" vault composed of
cylindrical vaults but with the transverse narrower PIG. S. — Welsh or Underpitch
Vault.
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Historic architecture sourcebook
A crypt. underpitch groin A groin formed by an un- derpitch vault. underpitch vault
, Welsh vault A construction formed by the penetration of two vaults of unequal
size, springing from the same level. underpitch vault Uxmal Uxmal The site, in the
...
10
Encyclopaedia of architectural terms
A vaulting i shaft is a shaft, i column, pier, or cluster of shafts supporting the ribs of
a vault at their springing: such shafts sometimes rise from a point near the i floor,
or from ▻corbels (i diaphragm, i dome, i groin, i rear, t underpitch vault, ...