Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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1755
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Perhaps a Coloſſus or ſome ſmall Church is
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ſunk to one Side in its whole Foundation. </
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this Caſe, you muſt either raiſe that Part which
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is ſunk, or take away that Part which is too
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high; both very bold Attempts. </
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>The firſt
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Thing you are to do, is to bind and faſten to
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gether, as ſtrongly as poſſible, the Foundation
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and thoſe Parts which will be in Danger of
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being ſeparated by Motion, with good Timbers
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and the ſtrongeſt Braces. </
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>There are no bet
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ter Sort of Braces than ſtrong Hoops of Iron
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with Wedges drove in between them to keep
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them tight. </
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>Then we raiſe up the Side of the
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Wall which is ſunk with ſtrong Timbers put
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under it aſter the Manner of Levers, as above.
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>If you would rather rectify the Fault by taking
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away from the Side which is too high, you
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may do it in the following Manner: Dig away
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the Ground about the Middle of that Side
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quite below the Foundation, in the Bottom of
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which you muſt there open a Break, not very
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wide, but high enough for you to make it good
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with ſtrong ſquare Stone. </
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this Break you muſt not work it up quite to
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the reſt of the Building, but leave ſome Inches
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ſpace between the new Work and the Old;
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and this Space you muſt fill up with Wedges
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of the tougheſt Oak drove in at very ſmall Diſ
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tances from each other. </
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muſt go on to ſhore up all that Side which you
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want to let down lower. </
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Weight is thus ſupported, knock out the
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Wedges by degrees, as gently and cautiouſly as
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poſſible, till the Wall is ſunk to its juſt Perpen
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dicular. </
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Wedges which are left, with other Wedges of
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the ſtrongeſt Stone that can be got. </
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great Baſilique of St.
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Peter
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Rome,
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ſome Parts
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of the Wall which were over the Columns
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being ſwerved from their Uprights, ſo as to
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threaten even the Fall of the whole Roof; I
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contrived how the Defect might be remedied
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as follows. </
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Wall which had given Way, let it reſt upon
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what Column it would, I determined ſhould
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be taken clear out, and made good again with
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ſquare Stone which ſhould be worked true to
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its Perpendicular, only leaving in the old Wall
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ſtrong Catches of Stone to unite the additional
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Work to the former. </
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>Laſtly, I would have
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ſupported the Beam under which thoſe uneven
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Parts of the Wall were to be taken out, by
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means of Engines, called
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Capra
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's, erected
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upon the Roof, ſetting the Feet of thoſe En
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gines upon the ſtrongeſt Parts of the Roof and
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of the Wall. </
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ferent Times over the ſeveral Columns where
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theſe Defects appear. </
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Capra
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is a naval
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Engine conſiſting of three Timbers, the Heads
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of which meet and are ſtrongly braced or
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bound together, and the Feet ſtretch out to a
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Triangle. </
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Pullies and a Capſtern is very uſeful for raiſing
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great Weights. </
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over an old Wall or an old plaiſtered Floor, firft
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waſh it well with clean Water, and then with
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a Bruſh whiten it over with Whiting diſſolved
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and mixed with marble Duſt; and this will
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prepare it for holding the new Coat of Plaiſter
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or Stuc. </
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the open Air has any Cracks in it, you may
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ſtop them up with Aſhes ſifted fine, and tem
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pered Oil, eſpecially of Linſeed. </
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Material for this Sort of Reparation is Chalk
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mixed with quick Lime well beat together and
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thoroughly burnt in the Kiln, and then ſlaked
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immediately with Oil; taking Care before you
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fill up the Cracks with it to clean them from
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all manner of Duſt, which you may do with
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Feathers, or by blowing it out with Bellows.
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quite forget all Ornament. </
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unhandſome from being too high, embelliſh it
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either by faſtening on a Cornice of Stuc-work,
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or by Painting it like Pannels, in order to divide
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its Height into more decent Proportions. </
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a Wall be too long, adorn it with Columns
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reaching from the Top to the Bottom, not ſet
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too cloſe to each other, which will be a kind of
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Reſting-places to the Eye, and make the ex
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ceſſive Length appear leſs offenſive. </
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another Thing not foreign to our preſent Pur
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poſe. </
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either placed too low or encompaſſed with
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Walls not high enough, ſeem leſs, and more
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contracted than they really are; whereas when
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they are either raiſed upon a higher Platfom,
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or have ſome Addition made to the Height of
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their Walls, they ſeem at a Diſtance much
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larger than they did before. </
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that a handſome Diſpoſition of the Apertures,
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and placing the Door and Windows gracefully,
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gives all the Aparments a greater Share both
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of Dignity and Elegance than is to be imagined.</
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The End of Book X.
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