. The Practical brick and tile book. downward from the top mark, the length of eachcourse. Having thoroughly understood the set-ting out and cutting of this arch, no difficulty willbe experienced with any of the ordinary arches. The soffit generally cambers \ of an inch to thefoot. The camber is not suited for large openings, orwhere any considerable weight has to be carried,as it is in reality not an arch at all, but simplyan arrangement or scheme. The Gothic Arch. Bisect the line a b, Fig. 56, with c d, and drawad; from these two points with the compass ^0 BRICKWORK. opened to more than half
. The Practical brick and tile book. downward from the top mark, the length of eachcourse. Having thoroughly understood the set-ting out and cutting of this arch, no difficulty willbe experienced with any of the ordinary arches. The soffit generally cambers \ of an inch to thefoot. The camber is not suited for large openings, orwhere any considerable weight has to be carried,as it is in reality not an arch at all, but simplyan arrangement or scheme. The Gothic Arch. Bisect the line a b, Fig. 56, with c d, and drawad; from these two points with the compass ^0 BRICKWORK. opened to more than half their distance draw thearcs s f. Through their intersections draw a linemeeting « 6 in y, from which point with the. compass opened to a, draw the curve a i d, and byextending the compass, its parallel curve. Fromh draw the curves on the right-hand side. Thebed joints radiate from // and g, as shown by-
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