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  2. Flying buttress - Wikipedia

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    Arching above a side aisle roof, flying buttresses support the main vault of St. Mary's Church, in Lübeck, Germany.. The flying buttress (arc-boutant, arch buttress) is a specific form of buttress composed of an arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, in order to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall outwards, which are forces that arise ...

  3. Severely neglected horse dies despite rescue’s efforts - AOL

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    WARNING: Some images and descriptions of animal abuse and neglect may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. (COLORADO SPRINGS) — An El Paso County horse rescue is pleading with ...

  4. Buttress - Wikipedia

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    In addition to flying and ordinary buttresses, brick and masonry buttresses that support wall corners can be classified according to their ground plan. A clasping or clamped buttress has an L-shaped ground plan surrounding the corner, an angled buttress has two buttresses meeting at the corner, a setback buttress is similar to an angled buttress but the buttresses are set back from the corner ...

  5. Moment Abused Horse Finally Realizes He's Safe Will Make ...

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    Horses Need Rescuing, Too. If you've scrolled through social media recently, you've likely seen plenty of dog rescue videos. There are tons of humane societies, animal rescues, and nonprofits ...

  6. Clerestory - Wikipedia

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    The ribbed vaulting and flying buttresses of Gothic architecture concentrated the weight and thrust of the roof, freeing wall-space for larger clerestory fenestration. Generally, in Gothic masterpieces, the clerestory is divided into bays by the vaulting shafts that continue the same tall columns that form the arcade separating the aisles from ...

  7. Rare twin colts born unexpectedly at Colorado horse rescue

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    Horses very rarely conceive twins or carry them to full term. The odds for this occurrence are only 1 in 10,000, the organization said. A mustang gave birth to rare twin colts at Banditas Wild ...

  8. Load-bearing wall - Wikipedia

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    The development of the flying buttress in Gothic architecture allowed structures to maintain an open interior space, transferring more weight to the buttresses instead of to central bearing walls. The Notre Dame Cathedral is an example of a load-bearing wall structure with flying buttresses.

  9. High Gothic - Wikipedia

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    The flying buttress was an essential feature of High Gothic architecture; the great height and large upper windows would have been impossible without them. Buttresses with arches apart from the walls had existed in earlier periods, but they were generally small, close to the walls, and were often hidden by the outer architecture.