The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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Page 48
... covered by wooden cupolas on the top . The place where these cupolas terminated was elevated 177 ft . above the base of the PYRAMIDS OF TEOTIHUACAN . edifice or the pavement of the enclosure . Hence we may ob- serve that the Teocalli ...
... covered by wooden cupolas on the top . The place where these cupolas terminated was elevated 177 ft . above the base of the PYRAMIDS OF TEOTIHUACAN . edifice or the pavement of the enclosure . Hence we may ob- serve that the Teocalli ...
Page 603
... covered with lead , zinc , or copper , do not require so great a slope as those covered with tiles or slates . ( See ROOFING , in Glossary . ) 2028. Though among architects there does not appear to have been any fixed principle by which ...
... covered with lead , zinc , or copper , do not require so great a slope as those covered with tiles or slates . ( See ROOFING , in Glossary . ) 2028. Though among architects there does not appear to have been any fixed principle by which ...
Page 896
... covered , but mostly the latter , as the case may require . When covered , the object is accomplished by vaults , floors , terraces , or roofs . In some of them , columns are employed to relieve the bearing of the parts above , or to di ...
... covered , but mostly the latter , as the case may require . When covered , the object is accomplished by vaults , floors , terraces , or roofs . In some of them , columns are employed to relieve the bearing of the parts above , or to di ...
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