An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 94
... whole mass is placed on an ascent of six stages , which encircle its whole circumference . In the centre is the arena , a name which it received from being strewed with sand , the transverse and conjugate axes whereof are 281 and 176 ft ...
... whole mass is placed on an ascent of six stages , which encircle its whole circumference . In the centre is the arena , a name which it received from being strewed with sand , the transverse and conjugate axes whereof are 281 and 176 ft ...
Page 331
... whole circumference then being divided into 360 degrees , we have 360 ° : 6-2831854 :: 1 ° : 01745 . Example . Required the length of an arc of 30 degrees , the radius being 9 feet . Here 01745 x 30 x 9 = 4-7115 , the length of the arc ...
... whole circumference then being divided into 360 degrees , we have 360 ° : 6-2831854 :: 1 ° : 01745 . Example . Required the length of an arc of 30 degrees , the radius being 9 feet . Here 01745 x 30 x 9 = 4-7115 , the length of the arc ...
Page 869
... whole height into 25 parts and giving two of them to the height of the cornice . entablature being one fifth of the whole height , and its general division being into 10 parts , four whereof are given to the cornice , we have for its ...
... whole height into 25 parts and giving two of them to the height of the cornice . entablature being one fifth of the whole height , and its general division being into 10 parts , four whereof are given to the cornice , we have for its ...
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ARCHITECTURE OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES | 4 |
Basements and Attics | 13 |
Jewish and Phoenician | 24 |
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