The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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... placed those which actually form the ceilings , just like the floor boards of a modern economical English building . On them are often found some of the most interesting representations that are in existence : we allude to those of the ...
... placed those which actually form the ceilings , just like the floor boards of a modern economical English building . On them are often found some of the most interesting representations that are in existence : we allude to those of the ...
Page 439
... placed wholly on the top of the vertical web , or on the lower flange ; the result obtained in either case was the ... placed between two pieces of fir timber , fig . 613s ; or of a plate placed on each side of the solid timber beam ...
... placed wholly on the top of the vertical web , or on the lower flange ; the result obtained in either case was the ... placed between two pieces of fir timber , fig . 613s ; or of a plate placed on each side of the solid timber beam ...
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... placed in the angle of a room . ANGLE MODILLION . A modillion placed in a direction parallel to a diagonal drawn through a cornice at its mitring . It is an abuse seen only in the buildings erected during the decline of Roman ...
... placed in the angle of a room . ANGLE MODILLION . A modillion placed in a direction parallel to a diagonal drawn through a cornice at its mitring . It is an abuse seen only in the buildings erected during the decline of Roman ...
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