An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 480
... obtained from the upper beds of the oolitic formation immediately around the town , were executed in the Creuilly , Ranville , or Fontaine Henri stones , never in the stone obtained from the beds now worked exclusively for both the ...
... obtained from the upper beds of the oolitic formation immediately around the town , were executed in the Creuilly , Ranville , or Fontaine Henri stones , never in the stone obtained from the beds now worked exclusively for both the ...
Page 495
... obtained in large blocks capable of receiving a fine polish , and is much used for chimney - pieces and orna- mental works . The limestone around Cork produces easy working marble of a light grey or dove colour , and more or less ...
... obtained in large blocks capable of receiving a fine polish , and is much used for chimney - pieces and orna- mental works . The limestone around Cork produces easy working marble of a light grey or dove colour , and more or less ...
Page 776
... obtained of other positions of lines as horizontal ones . It is not always that the vanishing points of inclined lines are required , but they are often useful , and sometimes absolutely necessary . In the geometrical elevation No 2 ...
... obtained of other positions of lines as horizontal ones . It is not always that the vanishing points of inclined lines are required , but they are often useful , and sometimes absolutely necessary . In the geometrical elevation No 2 ...
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