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Centring

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this was impractical. The structure would be built round a post acting as a datum, and each course of stonework would be set at a distance from the datum.
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timbers, a relatively straightforward structure in a simple arch or vault; but with more complex shapes involving double curvature, such as a
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When the centring is removed (as in "striking the centring"), pointing and other finishing continues.
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would be used. Shaping could be done by eye, perhaps with the help of a template, then
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in their correct relative positions. A simple centring without a truss is called a
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is inserted an arch has no strength and needs the centring to keep the
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A simple arch centre suitable for single skin brickwork.
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laid against it. On larger works like a 19th-century
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Index


Albrechtsburg
falsework
arch
vault
keystone
voussoirs
wood
dome
flue
Norman
clay
sand
lime
mortar
stones
bricks
pottery
kiln
A simple arch centre suitable for single skin brickwork.
A centre for a flat segmental arch.
The centring for a semicircular arch.
semicircular arch
Centring of trusses, not common centring
Catenary arch kiln under construction over centring
Catenary arch
kiln


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