An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
Page 16
... face whereof is clear and perfect , and appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so ... face the car- dinal points as follows : the northern side 200 yards in length , the southern 219 , the eastern 182 ...
... face whereof is clear and perfect , and appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so ... face the car- dinal points as follows : the northern side 200 yards in length , the southern 219 , the eastern 182 ...
Page 17
... FACE OF THE MUJELIRE of pearl . The north- ern face of the Muje- libé ( fig . 20. ) contains a niche of the height of a man , at the back whereof a low aper- ture leads to a small cavity , whence a pas- sage branches off to the right ...
... FACE OF THE MUJELIRE of pearl . The north- ern face of the Muje- libé ( fig . 20. ) contains a niche of the height of a man , at the back whereof a low aper- ture leads to a small cavity , whence a pas- sage branches off to the right ...
Page 20
... faces of their piers , and nearly the whole length of them , are large figures of bulls , cut in bas - relief . The ... face towards the mountain . On the upper part of the piers there are some arrow - headed characters , too small to ...
... faces of their piers , and nearly the whole length of them , are large figures of bulls , cut in bas - relief . The ... face towards the mountain . On the upper part of the piers there are some arrow - headed characters , too small to ...
Page 168
... face , the former being often entirely occupied by them . They are found double , triple , or quadruple , each springing from two columns , and generally cased with different moulding , which is frequently double , thu making six or ...
... face , the former being often entirely occupied by them . They are found double , triple , or quadruple , each springing from two columns , and generally cased with different moulding , which is frequently double , thu making six or ...
Page 318
... faces of a solid . Second , those which result from the concurrence of several faces whose edges unite and form the summit of an angle : thus a solid angle is composed of as many plane angles as there are planes uniting at the point ...
... faces of a solid . Second , those which result from the concurrence of several faces whose edges unite and form the summit of an angle : thus a solid angle is composed of as many plane angles as there are planes uniting at the point ...
Contents
1 | |
7 | |
13 | |
35 | |
161 | |
164 | |
216 | |
264 | |
786 | |
804 | |
833 | |
891 | |
909 | |
922 | |
965 | |
1005 | |
291 | |
313 | |
337 | |
354 | |
356 | |
372 | |
395 | |
397 | |
415 | |
467 | |
495 | |
548 | |
580 | |
664 | |
673 | |
707 | |
1011 | |
1025 | |
1035 | |
1066 | |
1080 | |
1094 | |
1101 | |
1132 | |
1137 | |
1160 | |
1201 | |
1284 | |
1315 | |
1362 | |
1379 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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