The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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... upper landing . The upper flights are in forty - eight steps , and are cut out of single blocks of the rock . The upper landing is seventy - five feet between the flights . N 48. Forty - two feet from the landing , at B , are two large ...
... upper landing . The upper flights are in forty - eight steps , and are cut out of single blocks of the rock . The upper landing is seventy - five feet between the flights . N 48. Forty - two feet from the landing , at B , are two large ...
Page 432
... upper surface being horizontal , the lower one should be a straight line meeting the upper surface at the outer end , and forming a trian- gular vertical section ; the depth at the point of support being determined by the length of the ...
... upper surface being horizontal , the lower one should be a straight line meeting the upper surface at the outer end , and forming a trian- gular vertical section ; the depth at the point of support being determined by the length of the ...
Page 855
... upper order , or rather the metopæ between them ; but that might have been easily provided against by a very trifling alteration in the height of the frieze itself . This fault of making the voids too large pervades Chambers's examples ...
... upper order , or rather the metopæ between them ; but that might have been easily provided against by a very trifling alteration in the height of the frieze itself . This fault of making the voids too large pervades Chambers's examples ...
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