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Français :

...Nous prenons pour exemple la seconde herse, celle qui est manœuvrée extérieurement sur le chemin de ronde du côté de la ville

(fig. 23). En A, la herse est supposée levée. En a, sont les trous de scellement des deux jambettes du treuil figuré en a' dans la coupe C. On voit encore en place les deux gros pitons b dans lesquels était enfilée une barre de fer ronde qui était destinée à maintenir les contre-poids c, lorsqu'ils étaient abaissés...

'English:

... We take for example the second harrow, that which is operated outside on the covered way on the side of the city (fig. 23). In A, the harrow is supposed to be raised. In a, are the holes of sealing of the two props of the winch illustrated in a in the cut C, one still sees places from there the two large pitons b in which was threaded a round iron bar which was intended to maintain the counterweight c, when they were lowered...

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English: 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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