An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 288
... height of the cube for its height ; for example , the pyramid CABDF . N F M B Fig . 351 . Three of these pyramids will therefore be equal to half the cube . Now the solid content of half the cube is ( Prop . 99. ) equal to the product ...
... height of the cube for its height ; for example , the pyramid CABDF . N F M B Fig . 351 . Three of these pyramids will therefore be equal to half the cube . Now the solid content of half the cube is ( Prop . 99. ) equal to the product ...
Page 869
... height of the crowning cornice of a building in this way , and as the portion of an entablature whose height is , as in the case of an order , one fifth of that of the building , we should immediately obtain a good proportion by ...
... height of the crowning cornice of a building in this way , and as the portion of an entablature whose height is , as in the case of an order , one fifth of that of the building , we should immediately obtain a good proportion by ...
Page 904
... height of the columns ; so that we have , as far as height is concerned , for the superincumbent mass or entablature , and and their intercolumniations . The columns have their united diameters The intercolumniations ditto - for the ...
... height of the columns ; so that we have , as far as height is concerned , for the superincumbent mass or entablature , and and their intercolumniations . The columns have their united diameters The intercolumniations ditto - for the ...
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