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Page 37
They vary from three to eleven feet in diameter , the last dimension being the
largest diameter that Pococke observed , as in height the tallest was forty feet .
Such were some of those he measured at Carnak and Luxor , but this he gives
only as ...
They vary from three to eleven feet in diameter , the last dimension being the
largest diameter that Pococke observed , as in height the tallest was forty feet .
Such were some of those he measured at Carnak and Luxor , but this he gives
only as ...
Page 63
itor , and its lower diameter as a denominator , both in English feet ; the third is
the iameter ; the fourth column shows the height of the entablature in terms of the
diameter uotient of the second , showing the height of the column , expressed in ...
itor , and its lower diameter as a denominator , both in English feet ; the third is
the iameter ; the fourth column shows the height of the entablature in terms of the
diameter uotient of the second , showing the height of the column , expressed in ...
Page 68
Height of Entablature in terms of Diameter . Intercolumniations . Uppe Diames
lower Di The height of t report on its condition . Fergusson , On the Erechtheum ,
read at the Royal Institute a scotia or trochilus between them , a fillet below and ...
Height of Entablature in terms of Diameter . Intercolumniations . Uppe Diames
lower Di The height of t report on its condition . Fergusson , On the Erechtheum ,
read at the Royal Institute a scotia or trochilus between them , a fillet below and ...
Page 69
Their breadth is usually less than a diameter of the column , and they are not
diminished . 160. The highest degree of refinement of Greek architecture is
exhibited in its examples of the Corinthian order , whose distinguishing feature is
its ...
Their breadth is usually less than a diameter of the column , and they are not
diminished . 160. The highest degree of refinement of Greek architecture is
exhibited in its examples of the Corinthian order , whose distinguishing feature is
its ...
Page 85
The intermniations are , as nearly as possible , 1.5 diameter of the column ;
whence the size of temple will be easily ... ft . high , and their lower diameter is 4:
60 ft .; their height , there, in terms of the diameter , is very nearly 104 diameters .
The intermniations are , as nearly as possible , 1.5 diameter of the column ;
whence the size of temple will be easily ... ft . high , and their lower diameter is 4:
60 ft .; their height , there, in terms of the diameter , is very nearly 104 diameters .
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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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