The Architectural Magazine, Volume 1John Claudius Loudon Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834 |
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... roof " 383 - 152 207. Apparatus for cleaning the outsides of lofty windows 391 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS . Page 142. 211 - 117 320. General Notices 45. 86. 138. 240. 275. 314. 372 Domestic Notices : Foreign Notices : Italy 207 France Greece ...
... roof " 383 - 152 207. Apparatus for cleaning the outsides of lofty windows 391 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS . Page 142. 211 - 117 320. General Notices 45. 86. 138. 240. 275. 314. 372 Domestic Notices : Foreign Notices : Italy 207 France Greece ...
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... roof , next to the chimney tops , is the most characteristic feature . A good deal of taste is required for the proper arrangement of different descriptions of tiles on a roof , and also for the putting on of thatch or reeds in a ...
... roof , next to the chimney tops , is the most characteristic feature . A good deal of taste is required for the proper arrangement of different descriptions of tiles on a roof , and also for the putting on of thatch or reeds in a ...
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... roof and the pediment for the flat covering and the uniformly horizontal cornice . On the other hand , the imitative or deco- rative principle , nourished and stimulated as it was in the mind of the Greek by the beauties which nature ...
... roof and the pediment for the flat covering and the uniformly horizontal cornice . On the other hand , the imitative or deco- rative principle , nourished and stimulated as it was in the mind of the Greek by the beauties which nature ...
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... roof is a part of a house which should be carefully examined ; for if it be badly constructed ( too common a case with the houses built on speculation , both in London and the country ) , with narrow gutters , and those difficult of ...
... roof is a part of a house which should be carefully examined ; for if it be badly constructed ( too common a case with the houses built on speculation , both in London and the country ) , with narrow gutters , and those difficult of ...
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... roof . This arises from the high price of the ground in towns , and may be excus- able in great thoroughfares , where shops let at a high rent ; for even if the landlord were desirous of giving his tenant a wide front- age , to enable ...
... roof . This arises from the high price of the ground in towns , and may be excus- able in great thoroughfares , where shops let at a high rent ; for even if the landlord were desirous of giving his tenant a wide front- age , to enable ...
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