The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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Page 495
... coloured ground , varied or mottled with Siena colour . In the county of Armagh , a Siena , or rather a brownish red marble , is found , containing a great number of fossil shells ; several varieties of colour , from a very light ...
... coloured ground , varied or mottled with Siena colour . In the county of Armagh , a Siena , or rather a brownish red marble , is found , containing a great number of fossil shells ; several varieties of colour , from a very light ...
Page 526
... colour of the London malm stock , nor the regular stone - coloured hue of the Ipswich or Suffolk bricks . 1821. The finest marl stocks , which are technically called firsts , or cutters , are principally used for arches of doorways and ...
... colour of the London malm stock , nor the regular stone - coloured hue of the Ipswich or Suffolk bricks . 1821. The finest marl stocks , which are technically called firsts , or cutters , are principally used for arches of doorways and ...
Page 695
... colour , property of concealing , & c . The first is an arsenical compound ( product ) hitherto little known , which M. de Ruolz does not describe , because , although inoffensive , it may be made by very simple chemical reaction , to ...
... colour , property of concealing , & c . The first is an arsenical compound ( product ) hitherto little known , which M. de Ruolz does not describe , because , although inoffensive , it may be made by very simple chemical reaction , to ...
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