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              eſſentiels, où j’ai fait un paralelle de ſes maximes, avec les loix de
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              la mécanique, j’ai remarqué que l’un & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8062" xml:space="preserve">l’autre étoient preſque toû-
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              jours d’accord. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8063" xml:space="preserve">Un ſuccès ſi heureux doit être attribué, (comme
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              je l’ai ouï dire à Mr. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8064" xml:space="preserve">le Comte de Vauban ſon neveu) aux con-
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              noiſſances qu’il tiroit de l’examen des anciens Edifices, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8065" xml:space="preserve">au plai-
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              ſir qu’il prenoit de ſe communiquer ſouvent avec les plus habiles
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              Geometres, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8066" xml:space="preserve">même avec les ouvriers, dès qu’il leur apercevoit
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              quelque merite: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8067" xml:space="preserve">il propoſoit des problêmes aux uns, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8068" xml:space="preserve">des diffi-
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              cultés aux autres, ſouvent après les avoir reſolus lui-même; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8069" xml:space="preserve">ſa
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              grande capacité lui faiſoit developer les reſſorts de la theorie la
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              plus abſtraite, il ſuffiſoit qu’on s’énonçât clairement, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8070" xml:space="preserve">qu’on le
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              conduiſit ſur les voyes, pour arriver ſouvent le premier au dernier
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              terme de la ſolution.</s>
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              <s xml:id="echoid-s8072" xml:space="preserve">Les choſes qui paroiſſent les plus parfaites, n’étant point exemp-
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              tes de quelques petites corrections, je voudrois pour plus de ſo-
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              lidité changer la diſpoſition des contreforts du Magaſin de Mr. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8073" xml:space="preserve">de
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              Vauban: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8074" xml:space="preserve">par exemple, au lieu de les faire de 6 pieds d’épaiſſeur & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8075" xml:space="preserve">de
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              4 de longueur, leur donner 6 pieds de queuë & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8076" xml:space="preserve">4 d’épaiſſeur, parce
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              qu’alors le bras de levier devenant plus long, la puiſſance reſiſtante
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              ſoutien droit beaucoup mieux la pouſſée de la Voûte; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8077" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8078" xml:space="preserve">comme
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              on ne ſauroit avoir un trop grand nombre de points d’apui, il ſe-
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              roit à propos, au lieu de quatre contreforts, d’en faire cinq de cha-
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              que côté, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8079" xml:space="preserve">en ce cas il ſuffiroit de donner 6 pieds ou 6 & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8080" xml:space="preserve">demi
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              d’épaiſſeur aux pieds droits, puiſque ces contreforts étant ainſi diſ-
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              tribués, ils cauſeroient une reſiſtance d’environ un tiers au-deſſus
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              de celle qu’il faudroit, pour ſoutenir l’effort de la Voûte.</s>
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              <s xml:id="echoid-s8082" xml:space="preserve">Les piés-droits & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8083" xml:space="preserve">les contreforts n’ayant que peu d’élevation, & </s>
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              bien liés avec leurs fondemens, on peut regarder les points d’apuis
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              placés ſous l’extremité des fondemens de la queuë des contreforts,
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              & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8085" xml:space="preserve">non pas au rez-de-Chauſſée comme nous l’avons ſupoſé dans le
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              deuxiéme Livre: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8086" xml:space="preserve">c’eſt pourquoi, afin d’allonger encore plus le bras
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              de levier, je voudrois qu’on donnât beaucoup d’empatement aux
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              fondemens, les faiſant deborder de 2 pieds ou 2 & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8087" xml:space="preserve">demi, au-delà
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              du nud du mur, ramené au rez-de-Chauſſée par pluſieurs retraites,
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              comme on le voit par le cinquiéme deſſein de la 27 Planche, où
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              l’on remarquera que, pour aſſurer les points d’apuis, on les a éta-
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              blis ſur deux rangs de madriers; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8088" xml:space="preserve">on ne feroit pas mal d’en mettre
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              auſſi ſous les fondemens des longs côtés, afin de prevenir l’inega-
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              lité des affaiſſemens: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8089" xml:space="preserve">cette conſtruction ſeroit excellente, ſur-
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              tout dans un mauvais terrain, parce qu’il ſuffiroit de s’y aprofondir
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              de 5 à 6 pieds; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8090" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s8091" xml:space="preserve">je puis bien aſſeurer que la dépenſe ne ſeroit pas </s>
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