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Page 38
The writer who , in the Description Abrigée des Monumens de la Haute Egypt ,
has found that this great curve is borrowed from the bending leaves of the palm
tree , has mistaken the elements of decoration for substantial constructive art ,
and ...
The writer who , in the Description Abrigée des Monumens de la Haute Egypt ,
has found that this great curve is borrowed from the bending leaves of the palm
tree , has mistaken the elements of decoration for substantial constructive art ,
and ...
Page 152
These arches , in order to be strong and solid , should be fixed at their feet on
plates of timber framed together , lying very level on the external walls ; and the
planks which are to form the principal curve are to be placed accurately upright
on ...
These arches , in order to be strong and solid , should be fixed at their feet on
plates of timber framed together , lying very level on the external walls ; and the
planks which are to form the principal curve are to be placed accurately upright
on ...
Page 213
The towers in the western front are 220 ft . high , terminating in open lanterns ,
rovered with domes formed by curves of contrary flexure , and not very purely
coinposed , though perhaps in character with the general façade . Toss from the ...
The towers in the western front are 220 ft . high , terminating in open lanterns ,
rovered with domes formed by curves of contrary flexure , and not very purely
coinposed , though perhaps in character with the general façade . Toss from the ...
Page 264
A point is that which has neither length , breadth , nor thickness . 5. If a line be
carried about a point A , so that its other extremity passes from B to C , from C to
D , & c . ( fig . 223. ) , the point B , in its revolution , will describe a curve
BCDFGLB .
A point is that which has neither length , breadth , nor thickness . 5. If a line be
carried about a point A , so that its other extremity passes from B to C , from C to
D , & c . ( fig . 223. ) , the point B , in its revolution , will describe a curve
BCDFGLB .
Page 290
Two points not being sufficient to make a curve line , three points will not be
sufficient to make a curve surface . If , therefore , all the physical points which
compose the surface of the sphere C ( fig . 354. ) be taken three by three , the
whole ...
Two points not being sufficient to make a curve line , three points will not be
sufficient to make a curve surface . If , therefore , all the physical points which
compose the surface of the sphere C ( fig . 354. ) be taken three by three , the
whole ...
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| 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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