An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 114
... four semicircular arches on the four sides of a square , about 42 ft . in length in each direction . From the anterior angles of the piers , pendentives gather over , as in St. Sophia , at Constantinople , and form a circle wherefrom ...
... four semicircular arches on the four sides of a square , about 42 ft . in length in each direction . From the anterior angles of the piers , pendentives gather over , as in St. Sophia , at Constantinople , and form a circle wherefrom ...
Page 115
... four side aisles 106 ft . 6 in . , the length of the transept 237 ft . 4 in . , and its width , with its side aisles , 58 ft . The centre nave is 41 ft . wide , and has twenty- four Corinthian columns , twelve on each side , all of ...
... four side aisles 106 ft . 6 in . , the length of the transept 237 ft . 4 in . , and its width , with its side aisles , 58 ft . The centre nave is 41 ft . wide , and has twenty- four Corinthian columns , twelve on each side , all of ...
Page 278
... four lines meet in a common point , forming at that point four right angles ; and draw the lines parallel to them to complete the rectangles x , y , z . If the line A be triple of the line B , the line C will be triple of the line D ...
... four lines meet in a common point , forming at that point four right angles ; and draw the lines parallel to them to complete the rectangles x , y , z . If the line A be triple of the line B , the line C will be triple of the line D ...
Contents
ARCHITECTURE OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES | 4 |
Basements and Attics | 13 |
Jewish and Phoenician | 24 |
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