The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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Page 114
... four semicircular arches on the four sides of a square , about 42 ft . in length in each direction . From the anterior angles of the piers , pendentives gather over , as in St. Sophia , at Constantinople , and form a circle wherefrom ...
... four semicircular arches on the four sides of a square , about 42 ft . in length in each direction . From the anterior angles of the piers , pendentives gather over , as in St. Sophia , at Constantinople , and form a circle wherefrom ...
Page 278
... four lines meet in a common point , forming at that C- point four right angles ; and draw the lines parallel to them to complete the rectangles x , y , z . C y D A B エ D z If the line A be triple of the line B , the line C will be ...
... four lines meet in a common point , forming at that C- point four right angles ; and draw the lines parallel to them to complete the rectangles x , y , z . C y D A B エ D z If the line A be triple of the line B , the line C will be ...
Page 917
... four lines on the four principal points that separate the four sides of the void . " After understanding this figure , I thought within myself what can modern architects do , who esteem themselves so learned without letters or ...
... four lines on the four principal points that separate the four sides of the void . " After understanding this figure , I thought within myself what can modern architects do , who esteem themselves so learned without letters or ...
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