An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... Circles of Stone . - The Israelites were in the habit of arranging stones to T sent the twelve tribes of Israel ... circle , which formed the principal bod the serpent , and from which branched out the head to Hackpen Hill , in the ...
... Circles of Stone . - The Israelites were in the habit of arranging stones to T sent the twelve tribes of Israel ... circle , which formed the principal bod the serpent , and from which branched out the head to Hackpen Hill , in the ...
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... circle . 100 | Central pillar and altar , south circle ā¢ 2 12 Kennet avenue 200 Long stone . Cove jambs A stone he calls the ring stone Closing stone of the tail 30 12 200 40 Total 18 Outer circle , south Inner ditto Cove and altar ...
... circle . 100 | Central pillar and altar , south circle ā¢ 2 12 Kennet avenue 200 Long stone . Cove jambs A stone he calls the ring stone Closing stone of the tail 30 12 200 40 Total 18 Outer circle , south Inner ditto Cove and altar ...
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... circle is a space of about 9 feet . Within this smaller circle , which is half the height ( 8 feet ) of the exterior one , was a portion of an ellipsis formed by 5 groups of stones , to which Dr. Stukely has given the name of trilithons ...
... circle is a space of about 9 feet . Within this smaller circle , which is half the height ( 8 feet ) of the exterior one , was a portion of an ellipsis formed by 5 groups of stones , to which Dr. Stukely has given the name of trilithons ...
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... circle , which some have compared to the aperture of a bird - cage . The windows are rectangular , and filled in with framework in patterns of squares , parallelograms , polygons , and circles , variously inscribed in or in- tersecting ...
... circle , which some have compared to the aperture of a bird - cage . The windows are rectangular , and filled in with framework in patterns of squares , parallelograms , polygons , and circles , variously inscribed in or in- tersecting ...
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... circle is to be described , in which are inscribed . at equal distances from each other , four equi- lateral triangles whose points must touch the circumference of the cir- cle . " - " Of these tri- angles the side of that which is ...
... circle is to be described , in which are inscribed . at equal distances from each other , four equi- lateral triangles whose points must touch the circumference of the cir- cle . " - " Of these tri- angles the side of that which is ...
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