The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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... says that it furnishes sticks from twelve to thirteen feet high , of useful wood ; but Chambers limits it to a smaller size . Respecting its beauty and duration , all travellers Davis ( Description of the Empire of China ) says that the ...
... says that it furnishes sticks from twelve to thirteen feet high , of useful wood ; but Chambers limits it to a smaller size . Respecting its beauty and duration , all travellers Davis ( Description of the Empire of China ) says that the ...
Page 1049
... says that , with reference to distinct sound , the safest method is to adopt a form known to be most capable of conveying sound with facility , to construct that form of materials that are conductors of sound , and to avoid all breaks ...
... says that , with reference to distinct sound , the safest method is to adopt a form known to be most capable of conveying sound with facility , to construct that form of materials that are conductors of sound , and to avoid all breaks ...
Page 1115
... says that it was painful to the eye to scan its summit : " ad cujus summitatem ægrè visio humana conscendit . " Martial , in one of his epigrams , says , " Omnis Cæsareo cedat labor amphitheatro , Unum pro cunctis fama loquatur opus ...
... says that it was painful to the eye to scan its summit : " ad cujus summitatem ægrè visio humana conscendit . " Martial , in one of his epigrams , says , " Omnis Cæsareo cedat labor amphitheatro , Unum pro cunctis fama loquatur opus ...
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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