The Architectural Magazine, Volume 1John Claudius Loudon Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834 |
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... Roman Architec- ture practically explained to the General Reader 108. 153. 259 Notice of a remarkable Corinthian Capital in the Vatican - 357 - Practical Architecture and Building . A few Observations on the Anglo - Norman Style of ...
... Roman Architec- ture practically explained to the General Reader 108. 153. 259 Notice of a remarkable Corinthian Capital in the Vatican - 357 - Practical Architecture and Building . A few Observations on the Anglo - Norman Style of ...
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... Roman Corinthian order 123. Roman Doric order 124. Composite order 15 , 16. Cast - iron flanches and braces for tables and sideboards 155-158 17. Sideboard of slate 261 32 , 33. The Russel stove 41 42 75 - 262 34. An improvement on the ...
... Roman Corinthian order 123. Roman Doric order 124. Composite order 15 , 16. Cast - iron flanches and braces for tables and sideboards 155-158 17. Sideboard of slate 261 32 , 33. The Russel stove 41 42 75 - 262 34. An improvement on the ...
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... Roman cement . In consequence of the discovery of cements of this kind , we are now enabled to erect buildings of brick , coated over with this material , which are as handsome as those of stone , and much stronger and more durable ...
... Roman cement . In consequence of the discovery of cements of this kind , we are now enabled to erect buildings of brick , coated over with this material , which are as handsome as those of stone , and much stronger and more durable ...
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... Roman taste introduced into the system became most conspicuous in the combinations which succeeded to the discovery of the principle of the arch ; a discovery not improbably suggested by the forms which masonry assumed in walls upon a ...
... Roman taste introduced into the system became most conspicuous in the combinations which succeeded to the discovery of the principle of the arch ; a discovery not improbably suggested by the forms which masonry assumed in walls upon a ...
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... Roman orders are deserving of their separate distinction beside the three of Grecian origin , nothing can be advanced more con- temptibly futile and absurd than the vulgar assertion , that all the combined taste of modern times has been ...
... Roman orders are deserving of their separate distinction beside the three of Grecian origin , nothing can be advanced more con- temptibly futile and absurd than the vulgar assertion , that all the combined taste of modern times has been ...
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