An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... edifices were reared of unparalleled magnificence and solidity . It seems likely , that bricks would have been in use for a considerable period before stone was employed in building . They were , probably , after moulding , merely ...
... edifices were reared of unparalleled magnificence and solidity . It seems likely , that bricks would have been in use for a considerable period before stone was employed in building . They were , probably , after moulding , merely ...
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... edifice is another , in some respects similar , except that it is thirty - eight feet longer . It is marked N on the ... edifices on the banks of the Nile and those on the plain of Merdasht . In both , this member , forming , as it were ...
... edifice is another , in some respects similar , except that it is thirty - eight feet longer . It is marked N on the ... edifices on the banks of the Nile and those on the plain of Merdasht . In both , this member , forming , as it were ...
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... edifices : hence the pave- ments appear masses of marble , than which nothing more durable or beautiful can be conceived . No cement appears to have been used , but the stones seem to have been connected by cramps , whose removal ...
... edifices : hence the pave- ments appear masses of marble , than which nothing more durable or beautiful can be conceived . No cement appears to have been used , but the stones seem to have been connected by cramps , whose removal ...
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... edifices are not of the highest antiquity , says ( 3rd Discourse ) , " that they prove an early connection be- tween India and Africa . The pyramids of Egypt , the colossal statues de- scribed by Pausanias and others , the Sphinx and ...
... edifices are not of the highest antiquity , says ( 3rd Discourse ) , " that they prove an early connection be- tween India and Africa . The pyramids of Egypt , the colossal statues de- scribed by Pausanias and others , the Sphinx and ...
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... edifices are grand ; in that of India , the infinite subdivision into parts gives an air of littleness to the largest buildings In Egypt , solidity is carried to the extreme ; in India , there is not the slightest appear- ance of it ...
... edifices are grand ; in that of India , the infinite subdivision into parts gives an air of littleness to the largest buildings In Egypt , solidity is carried to the extreme ; in India , there is not the slightest appear- ance of it ...
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15th century aisles arch architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity chapel choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube cubic foot curve decorated describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet flange front girder Gothic granite half height horizontal inches joints length lime limestone marble material mortar mouldings nave obtained oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sand sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls whereof width wood