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Page 34
Before adverting to the form and disposition of the Egyptian teinple , we think it
here necessary to notice the recent discovery of an arch in a tomb at Sakkarah ,
said to be of the time of Psammeticus II . , and of one also at Thebes in the
remains ...
Before adverting to the form and disposition of the Egyptian teinple , we think it
here necessary to notice the recent discovery of an arch in a tomb at Sakkarah ,
said to be of the time of Psammeticus II . , and of one also at Thebes in the
remains ...
Page 55
In masonry , such arches could not be executed on a large scale . In briek arches
, however , the surface of the cement is so increased , that if it be good , and great
care be used in not removing the centres till the cement is set , great variety of ...
In masonry , such arches could not be executed on a large scale . In briek arches
, however , the surface of the cement is so increased , that if it be good , and great
care be used in not removing the centres till the cement is set , great variety of ...
Page 90
whence the access to it is by a flight of steps downwards , through an arch in a
brick wall still partially covered with stucco . It has been conjectured with
probability , that the en trances to it were occasionally closed , from the remains
of iron ...
whence the access to it is by a flight of steps downwards , through an arch in a
brick wall still partially covered with stucco . It has been conjectured with
probability , that the en trances to it were occasionally closed , from the remains
of iron ...
Page 91
But , independent of its want of acquaintance with the arch , the circumstance
may be accounted for by the country not being intersected by any river of
magnitude . Those to which one might be inclined to attach the name of river , are
rather ...
But , independent of its want of acquaintance with the arch , the circumstance
may be accounted for by the country not being intersected by any river of
magnitude . Those to which one might be inclined to attach the name of river , are
rather ...
Page 92
This consisted of six arches , each no ft . span , extending altogether 800 ft . in
length , and some of them 200 ft . high above the river . We do not , in closing our
brief view of the bridges of the Romans , more than mention the extraordinary ...
This consisted of six arches , each no ft . span , extending altogether 800 ft . in
length , and some of them 200 ft . high above the river . We do not , in closing our
brief view of the bridges of the Romans , more than mention the extraordinary ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & Practical |
| Author | Joseph Gwilt |
| Editor | Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1891 |
| Length | 1443 pages |
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