 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Science - 1722 - 956 pages
...upon one another as 'tis poffible for one Stone to lie upon another ; not jointing with flat Surfaces, for when you force one off the other, one of them is always Concave in the middle, the other Convex. There are many of thefe kind of Joints, which lie loofe upon fome part of the Caufway, and on the Strand,... | |
 | 1817 - 646 pages
...for one stone to lie upon another, not joiniug with flat JI. Mag. Vol. LXX1I. Aug. IflT. surfaces; for when you force one off the other, one of them is always concave in the middle, the other convex. There are many <>f these kind of joints, which lie loose upon some part uf the causeway, and on the... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...inches, some two feet deep. These pieces lie close upon one another, not joining with flat surfaces, but one of them is always concave in the middle, the other convex. The»e joints are not always placed alike ; for in some pillars the convexity is always upwards, and... | |
 | Archaeology - 1897 - 316 pages
...Inches, some two Foot deep. These pieces stand close one upon the other, not joyning with flat surfaces ; for when you force one off the other, one of them...is always concave in the middle, the other convex." He adds to his description, which occupies three quarto pages, his " Answers to Sir Richard Bulkeley's... | |
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Stone to lie upon another; not jointing with flat Surfaces, for when you force one off the other, one of them is always Concave in the middle, the other Convex. 