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Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845. / The American builder's companion; or, A new system of architecture: particularly adapted to the present style of building in the United States of America
(1806)
Plate 10 [Of diminishing of columns], pp. Plate 10-22 ff.
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FIG. I.'
DIVIDE the shaft of colUmn C D into four equal p
at -one quarter the height AB; dividlethe" reamning thre into si
parts; tetwenty five minuteshalf the odiam eterooD; place
one foot of the compasses on~he central line of the cola , wi
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foot at a right angle; e o pot on the cifclA; the
circle, to the line Soqiand transfers the distances fom I tO I, 2 tO 2,
to3s
4 to, 5 to5, ontie cirle B. to I, I 2, 3 3, 4 4on te
antace the curve ine B I, a, 3,5, to the neck of th c;
FIG. 2 AND 3,
Show themnner df layi~g out flutes and fillets on colu asters
:nd of gling up the coluni with four pieces of plak The d.fte4 e b
and Ab bshow where the planks are glued, anaa a a Of
blcks glWed n1 the ilternal part iof the column to strengn the
b~k. glwd . e nartX ofd:b joints
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8how S0 i j to draw the bsof a groi ce . Let E D G F be the
plan or tdes of theC; let A given arch4i it;
-:0 in' . f:-e-:ve or- more rt;X aw the io lin e D Fh whih is
*~ ,eI line of the angle braet; draw lins fSo 5 71,3
the bwl D F --at' GT i ath
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Xt Of quarar thc hep A B; divion theecruxnn
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on~e ot ofthe passe on :he Thedotte44ofnesbbol
circles et: i line50*tand ttansstrengthensttheejoints
aal uace i curre W B I, ? , 4d video its ceccumfer-
n~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~i D F, whc isthe
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f andr b cuttr ierete pab ase glnD, -att3, 9, &c aa at rih
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TIG. L
'DrvmiE*'e shaft of'* cohimn C D into four-equal
-at-one quarter the hitght A'B;'I'dividwth. tw
-parts; -twenty five minutes,"hak theof the
onefoot 4 the compmes, on 4o-cen-tral line of the cob
foot at a right angle znA*e-'x1_Poxnt on the cift
circle, to khe fine Sot/imd tO sfe 't S
an r -he distance frbin
S to S, on circle B, to I 1 '2
W* I 1 3 3, 44i
tmce the curve #ne B i, 3, 4, S, to th neck of tl
FIG. 2 AND 31
ShOW layi*g out flutes and fillets on c,
the, of
a &ing up the colors with four pieces of pl
=d A 6 show w-here the pl=ks, are glu
part of to
b4cks. glwd the the column
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FIG.
to draw the f Lproin ceilin
of. the WOW it xrh..-
taore *aw the lit
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