Quotation from: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

Written by: Leonardo da Vinci


_c d_ seems to press on the arch towards the abutment at the point
_p_ but the weight _p o_ opposes resistence to it, whence the whole
pressure is transmitted to the root of the arch. Therefore the foot
of the arch acts like 7 6, which is more than double of _x z_.


II.


ON FISSURES IN NICHES.


777.

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