The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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... foot super . To coved straight cornices , fixed per foot super . If circular on the plan , add one half more . To groins in passages less than 4 feet wide , fixed per foot super . To the same above 4 feet , fixed per foot super . • 872 ...
... foot super . To coved straight cornices , fixed per foot super . If circular on the plan , add one half more . To groins in passages less than 4 feet wide , fixed per foot super . To the same above 4 feet , fixed per foot super . • 872 ...
Page 1199
... foot superficial and a foot cube . As this term is used in almost all languages as a linear measure , it has doubtless been derived from the length of the human foot . It seems in all other countries , as in England , to be divided into ...
... foot superficial and a foot cube . As this term is used in almost all languages as a linear measure , it has doubtless been derived from the length of the human foot . It seems in all other countries , as in England , to be divided into ...
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Joseph Gwilt, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth. Copenhagen foot Cracow foot Cracow greater ell Cracow smaller ell H. Dantzic foot Dauphiné foot Delft foot Denmark foot Dijon foot Dordrecht foot Dresden foot Dryden ell = 2 feet Ferrara ...
Joseph Gwilt, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth. Copenhagen foot Cracow foot Cracow greater ell Cracow smaller ell H. Dantzic foot Dauphiné foot Delft foot Denmark foot Dijon foot Dordrecht foot Dresden foot Dryden ell = 2 feet Ferrara ...
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15th century aisles ancient architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube Cubic Foot curve decorated depth describe diameter divided dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet girder given Gothic granite half height horizontal houses inches inclined intercolumniations joints length lime limestone marble mortar mouldings nave obtained oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece piers placed plane plates portico Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rafters rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls whereof width wood