An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 495
... coloured ground , varied or mottled with Siena colour . In the county of Armagh , a Siena , or rather a brownish red marble , is found , containing a great number of fossil shells ; several varieties of colour , from a very light ...
... coloured ground , varied or mottled with Siena colour . In the county of Armagh , a Siena , or rather a brownish red marble , is found , containing a great number of fossil shells ; several varieties of colour , from a very light ...
Page 695
... colour , property of concealing , & c . The first is an arsenical compound ( product ) hitherto little known , which M. de Ruolz does not describe , because , although inoffensive , it may be made by very simple chemical reaction , to ...
... colour , property of concealing , & c . The first is an arsenical compound ( product ) hitherto little known , which M. de Ruolz does not describe , because , although inoffensive , it may be made by very simple chemical reaction , to ...
Page 697
... colour , and then covering it with as many coats of varnish , coloured or uncoloured , as may be required ; but if the wood be not dry , the colour becomes hardened and flakes off . II . The colour is ground and mixed up with varnish ...
... colour , and then covering it with as many coats of varnish , coloured or uncoloured , as may be required ; but if the wood be not dry , the colour becomes hardened and flakes off . II . The colour is ground and mixed up with varnish ...
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ARCHITECTURE OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES | 4 |
Basements and Attics | 13 |
Jewish and Phoenician | 24 |
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