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Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece. Volume 1 [of 2]

Note 43 — LETTER XXIII. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.

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Joggles are projecting parts on the lateral surface of some of the stones forming the arch, fitted into corresponding recesses in the surface of the adjoining stone. They are only now used, where we wish to obtain the strength of an arch, without the appearance of one.

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