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...Les avant-becs de plusieurs ponts du Limousin donnent en section horizontale, non point un angle aigu ou droit, mais une courbe en tiers-point, ce qui avait l'avantage de permettre le glissement de l'eau courante et de donner plus de force à ces éperons; car il est clair (fig. 6), que la section A présente une plus grande surface que la section B, par conséquent plus de poids et de résistance...

This image comes from Dictionary of French Architecture from 11th to 16th Century (1856) by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879).

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