An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 93
... curve to compute its extent . There was no essential difference between the form of the Roman and Greek Theatre , of which latter we have given a diagram in fig . 106 . We nevertheless think it right here to present the reader with one ...
... curve to compute its extent . There was no essential difference between the form of the Roman and Greek Theatre , of which latter we have given a diagram in fig . 106 . We nevertheless think it right here to present the reader with one ...
Page 95
... curve , strong ropes were attached in the direction ( on the plan ) of the radiating walls . These ropes passed through pullies in the poles , 240 in number , at the top of the building , which rested on the corbels above mentioned ...
... curve , strong ropes were attached in the direction ( on the plan ) of the radiating walls . These ropes passed through pullies in the poles , 240 in number , at the top of the building , which rested on the corbels above mentioned ...
Page 152
... curve , whether pointed , semicircular , or segmental . 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 ...
... curve , whether pointed , semicircular , or segmental . 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 ...
Page 264
... curve BCDFGLB . This curve line is called the circumference of a circle . The circle is the space enclosed by this circumference . The point A , which , in the formation of the circle is at rest , is called the centre . The right lines ...
... curve BCDFGLB . This curve line is called the circumference of a circle . The circle is the space enclosed by this circumference . The point A , which , in the formation of the circle is at rest , is called the centre . The right lines ...
Page 277
... curve line , this must re- quire at least three . If , therefore , all the physical points of a circumference be taken two by two , these will compose a great number of small right lines . From the extremities L , M of one of these ...
... curve line , this must re- quire at least three . If , therefore , all the physical points of a circumference be taken two by two , these will compose a great number of small right lines . From the extremities L , M of one of these ...
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