. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. Less semi-arch, „ = 16-6 23-775 53 025 solid parts. The area of the void is 16-6+ 9-75 x 6-5 = 79-97, whereof 53-025, the portion of solidparts, is not widely different from two thirds. In Vignolas Doric example, (Jiff. 900.), again without the entablature, we have Supports, 10-5x3 = 31-50 The_whole rectangle above them, 5-3 x 10-0 = 55*00 7x7x-78n42 Less semi-arch. = 19-24 35-76 67-26 solid parts. The area of the void is 19-24+ 10-5 x 7 = 92-74, wh
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. Less semi-arch, „ = 16-6 23-775 53 025 solid parts. The area of the void is 16-6+ 9-75 x 6-5 = 79-97, whereof 53-025, the portion of solidparts, is not widely different from two thirds. In Vignolas Doric example, (Jiff. 900.), again without the entablature, we have Supports, 10-5x3 = 31-50 The_whole rectangle above them, 5-3 x 10-0 = 55*00 7x7x-78n42 Less semi-arch. = 19-24 35-76 67-26 solid parts. The area of the void is 19-24+ 10-5 x 7 = 92-74, whereof 67-26, the portion of solid parts,is not much different from two-thirds. In the Ionic example (Jiff. 901.), still without considering the entablature, the followingwill result : — Supports, 12-64 X 2-66= 33 61 The whole rectangle above them, 10-88 x 5-2 =5657 J . , C-4xG-4x 7854 ,_„„Less semi-arch, „ = 16-08 40-49 74-10 solid parts. The area of the void is 1608 + 12-G4 x 7-1 = 105-82, whereof 74-10, the portion ofsolid parts, difterr. little in amount from two thirds of the void. 3 L 2 884 PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE. Book Fig. 901. Ill the Corinthian example (^fg, 902. ), not takingfoUowiii} is the result: — FiK. <J02. into consideration the entablature, the Supports, 14-11 xS-55 =The whole rectangle above them, 11-;}:5 x .5-88 = 66-62770x7 50 09 Less semi-arch, - = 23-65 = 32-97 83-06 solid parts. The area of the void is 23-65+14-ni x 7-76 = 133-15, whereof 83-06, the portion ofsolid jKirts, is somewhat less than two thirds of the void. 2622. Tile result which flows from the above examination seems to be that, witlioutrespect to the entablature, the ratio of the solid part to that of tlie void is about ?( tliis in mind, we shall next investigate the ratio of tlie sui)ports and weights, con-sidering the entablature above the arcade as a part of the composition ; and still followingVignola, whose examples, as we have above stated, do
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