R. Guastavino
Published: 2015-06-30
Total Pages: 162
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Excerpt from Essay on the Theory and History of Cohesive Construction: Applied Especially to the Timbrel Vault, Read Before the Society of Arts, Massachusets Institute of Technology, Boston In October, 1889, at the request of the eminent and well-known architect, Mr. T. M. Clark, the Honorable Society of Arts of Boston paid me the distinguished compliment of inviting me to describe what observation and experience had taught me in regard to the system of arches which at that time I was constructing in the new Public Library of that city, in Copley Square. My easiest plan, and the one which I should have followed, perhaps, to avoid the charge of pretentiousness, would have been to simply explain the practical work which comes in my line of business, and not tread on slippery ground by any analysis and theory. But two reasons obliged me to overlook this, and to enter into theory also. The first, and most important reason was, that to build an arch on this system, or build anything on the Cohesive System, presents two problems. One relates to the stability of the structure after being buiAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.