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rifACTICE OF AIICHITECTURE. Book 1 1 1.

liiiiiil>ers, that tlic inind of the reader may not l)e distracted from the general proixjrtioiis.
'J'he detail a<i;aiii corrcihorates the hypothesis, as in the preceding subsection was pred.calcd,
ftiid the i'urtlier we proceed, as will be prebcatly seen, its truth becomes more manlfe,t.
14 15 16 17 le ilodules
Fig. 905.
i!630. The Ionic arcade with a pedestal is shown in /ig. 905. The whole area is 44 8
between the axes of the columns; that of the void, 228. The entablature's area is 7.'5,
and tlie supporting parts 146. The ratio, therefore, of tlie load to the sujiport is
7i?i=
''''
and supports and weights are very nearly equal to the void. The height of the ])edestal is
6 modules, the opening II modules, and the width of a pier 4 modules and 12 parts.
Once more returning to the detail on wliich the above proportions are based, and wliieh
in this as in the following example we think it better to supply, observing, as before, that
the numbers above stated are given roundly, we shall have in the Ionic arcade.
Whole area, 28-66
x
15-66 -
A c

u
11x11x7^54
Area or semi arch,
13elow it, 16-5
X 11
Entablature, 15-66 x
4-7
Leaves for supporting parts
= 448-81
= 47-01
= 181-50
Total area of voids, therefore,
=228-51
220-30
= 73-50
146-80
Whence it will be seen that the round numbers first given are shown to be sufficiently
accurate for exemplification of the law, and that the further we examine the hypothesis the
more closely we find it connected with the theory of weights and loads that has occupied a
\ery considerable portion of tliis Book, and M'hich we hope may not have had the effect of
exiiausting the reader's patience. We trust we shall have his pardon for pursuing the course
we luve taken.