An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... existed , by Homer , and , afterwards , by Herodotus . The industry and perseverance of man , however , in the end , overcame the difficulties of construction . For wood , which was the earliest material , at length were substituted ...
... existed , by Homer , and , afterwards , by Herodotus . The industry and perseverance of man , however , in the end , overcame the difficulties of construction . For wood , which was the earliest material , at length were substituted ...
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... existed in India , Persia , Greece , Italy , and Britain , and that the religion of the Druids , Magi , and Brahmins was the same 22. ( 3. ) Sacrificial Stones . These have been confounded with the cromlech , but the difference between ...
... existed in India , Persia , Greece , Italy , and Britain , and that the religion of the Druids , Magi , and Brahmins was the same 22. ( 3. ) Sacrificial Stones . These have been confounded with the cromlech , but the difference between ...
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... existed in ancient Babylon , and was preserved by God that it might afforda convenient place to Ali for tying up his horse after the battle Hellah ! " " It is an ever- green , " says Mr. R. , " something resembling the lignum vitƦ , and ...
... existed in ancient Babylon , and was preserved by God that it might afforda convenient place to Ali for tying up his horse after the battle Hellah ! " " It is an ever- green , " says Mr. R. , " something resembling the lignum vitƦ , and ...
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... , certainly the most favourable to the construction of great monuments , appears to have existed in Egypt from time immemorial . The most important edifices with which history or their ruins have made 30 Book 1 . HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE .
... , certainly the most favourable to the construction of great monuments , appears to have existed in Egypt from time immemorial . The most important edifices with which history or their ruins have made 30 Book 1 . HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE .
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... existed on the minds of some whether the body was , after all , deposited in the pyramids , which have been thought to be enormous cenotaphs , and that the body was in some subterraneous and neighbouring spot . Other writers pretend ...
... existed on the minds of some whether the body was , after all , deposited in the pyramids , which have been thought to be enormous cenotaphs , and that the body was in some subterraneous and neighbouring spot . Other writers pretend ...
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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