Ronald Wrote:
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> Anthony Wrote:
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> -----
> > The "Relieving Chambers" above the King's
> Chamber,
> > in conjunction with the gables at the top,
> remove
> > all weight from the top of those granite
> beams.
> >

> > There is no such structure over the Grand
> Gallery,
> > so that ceiling needs to be able to support
> the
> > full weight of the core masonry above it.
>
>
> That's why it is corbelled in the ingenious way we
> can observe now.

Does this mean that the limestone roof of a passage 2 royal cubits wide can take "the full weight of the core masonry above it" but the limestone roof of a 4 royal cubits wide passage cannot?

MJ