Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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1755
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diſcover whether they are from thence, or from
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ſome other Cauſe by certain Symptoms. </
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>Thus
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to begin with Cracks in the Wall; to which ſo
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ever Side the Crack runs in its Aſcent, on that
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Side you may be ſure the Cauſe of the Defect
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lies ſomewhere in the Foundation. </
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>If it does
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not verge to either Side, but runs up in a direct
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Line, and grows wider at the Top, then let us
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take a careful View of the Courſes of Stone
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work on each Side; for on which ever Side
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they ſink from their Level, on that Side we
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may be ſure the Foundation has failed. </
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if the upper Part of the Wall is entire, and
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there are Cracks in ſeveral Places towards the
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Bottom, which in their Aſcent run together
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cloſe at Top; then we may be ſatisfied that
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the Corners of the Building ſtand firm, and
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that the Defect is ſomewhere about the Mid
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dle in the Foundation. </
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>If there is but one
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Crack of this Sort, the higher up it goes, the
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the more it ſhews the Corners to have given
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Way. </
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>In order to ſtrengthen the Foundations
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in any of theſe Caſes, according to the Magni
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tude of the Structure and the Solidity of the
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Ground, dig a narrow Pit near the Wall, but
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ſo deep as to come to a firm Soil, and there
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breaking through the Bottom of the Wall,
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immediately work up to it with ſquare Stone,
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and then leave it to ſettle. </
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>When that is ſet
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tled, dig another Pit in another Part, and un
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derprop it in the ſame Manner, and in the ſame
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Manner give it Time to ſettle. </
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you will make a Kind of new Foundation to
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the whole Wall. </
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>But if even by digging you
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cannot come at any firm Ground, then make
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Holes in certain Places not too near the Cor
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ners, but pretty cloſe to the Foundation of the
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Wall, on both Sides, that is to ſay, as well un
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der the Roof as under the open Air, and into
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thoſe Holes drive Piles as cloſe as they will ſtick,
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and over them lay the ſtouteſt Summers you
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can get lengthways, with the Sides of the Wall.
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>Then acroſs theſe Summers lay the ſtrongeſt
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Girders running under the Bottom of the
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Foundation, which muſt reſt with their whole
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Weight upon theſe Girders, as it were upon a
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Bridge. </
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>In all theſe Reparations great Care
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muſt be taken that no Part of the new Work
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be too weak to ſupport the Weight which is to
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bear upon it, and that for ever ſo long
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Time: becauſe the whole Pile bearing towards
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that weaker Part, would immediately fall to
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Ruins. </
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>But where the Foundation has given
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Way ſomewhere about the Middle of the Wall,
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and the upper Part does not appear to be af
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fected by the Crack, then upon the Face of
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the Wall mark out with your Oker an Arch
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as large as the Caſe requires, or, in other Words,
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ſo big as to take in all that Part of the Wall
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which is ſunk. </
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of this Arch, break into the Wall with an
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Opening not bigger than one Stone of your in
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tended Arch will fill up; which Stones in an
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Arch we formerly called Wedges, and im
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mediately inſert one of theſe Wedges in ſuch a
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Manner that its Lines may exactly anſwer to
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the Center to which you have deſcribed your
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Arch. </
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>Then make another Break cloſe above
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it, and fill it up with another ſuch Wedge;
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and ſo continuing the Work ſucceſſively,
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compleat your whole Arch: and thus you
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may fortify you Wall without Danger. </
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Column or any other of the Ribs of the Building
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is weakened, you may reſtore it in the following
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Manner. </
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ſtrong Arch of Tile and Plaiſter beat together,
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as alſo with Piers of Plaiſter rais'd for this
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Purpoſe, in ſuch a Manner that this new Arch
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may quite fill up the old Intercolumnation, or
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Aperture between the Ribs: and let this un
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derproping be run up as faſt as poſſible, and
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without the leaſt Intermiſſion. </
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>It is the Nature
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of Plaiſter to ſwell as it dries: ſo that this new
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Work, though quite freſh, will be able to take
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upon itſelf and ſuſtain the Weight of the old
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Wall Vault. </
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all your Materials, take out the defective
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Column, and ſupply its Place with a ſound
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one. </
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>If you chuſe rather to reſt the old Wall
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upon Timbers, then underſhore it with Levers
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made of ſtrong Beams, and load the longer
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Ends of thoſe Levers with Baskets filled with
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Sand, which will raiſe up the Weight by de
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grees equally and without any Shocks. </
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Wall is ſwerved from its Perpendicular, fix
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Planks or Timbers upright againſt it, and
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againſt each of theſe ſet a ſtrong Timber by
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Way of Shore, with its Foot ſtretching at ſome
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Diſtance from the Wall. </
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Levers or with Wedges, drive forwards the Feet
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of the Shores by degrees, ſo as they may preſs
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againſt the Wall, and ſo by diſtributing this
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Force equally in all Parts, you will raiſe the
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Wall again to its perpendicular. </
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cannot be done, prop it up with Shores of
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Timber fixed well in the Ground, with their
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Ends well daubed over with Pitch and Oil to
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prevent their being corroded by the Touch of
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Mortar; then erect Buttreſſes of ſquare Stone,
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built ſo as to encloſe thoſe Shores of Timber. </
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