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1. On the Mathematical Form of the Gothic Pendant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

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The author commenced, by stating the general proofs of the knowledge of the principles of equilibrium displayed by Gothic architects in the structures (especially) of the pointed style. The adaptation of their edifices was to the combined ends of elegance and strength. The extension of this principle to the case of the Gothic pendant is the chief object of this paper. Sufficiency in point of strength, without redundancy of material, is considered by the author as the primary source of architectural beauty; which he has demonstrated to be the case when the depending Gothic drop is generated by the revolution of the logarithmic curve round its axis.

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Proceedings 1835–36
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 1 , 1845 , pp. 111 - 112
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1844

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