An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... force applied to them produced oscillation . celebrated one in Cornwall , which is granite , has been computed at upwards of 90 tons . The use of these stones has been conjectured to be. CHAP . II . DRUIDICAL AND CELTIC .
... force applied to them produced oscillation . celebrated one in Cornwall , which is granite , has been computed at upwards of 90 tons . The use of these stones has been conjectured to be. CHAP . II . DRUIDICAL AND CELTIC .
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... force could detach them from each other without breaking - them in pieces . 1 1- 1 SECT . IV . PERSEPOLITAN AND PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE . 46. Persepolis was the ancient capital of Persia proper . The ruins now remaining are situated ( lat ...
... force could detach them from each other without breaking - them in pieces . 1 1- 1 SECT . IV . PERSEPOLITAN AND PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE . 46. Persepolis was the ancient capital of Persia proper . The ruins now remaining are situated ( lat ...
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... force , the delight of Constantius on contemplating it when he made his triumphal entry into Rome . The representations make its length 1150 ft . , and its mean breadth about 470 ft . In it was the emperor's magnificent column ( fig ...
... force , the delight of Constantius on contemplating it when he made his triumphal entry into Rome . The representations make its length 1150 ft . , and its mean breadth about 470 ft . In it was the emperor's magnificent column ( fig ...
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... force forbidding walls of a greater thickness than one foot and a half ; whence it is clear they could not have been safely raised higher than a single story with the unbaked bricks then in use . But the space within which the city was ...
... force forbidding walls of a greater thickness than one foot and a half ; whence it is clear they could not have been safely raised higher than a single story with the unbaked bricks then in use . But the space within which the city was ...
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... force , though , upon the re - establish- ment of order , he in some measure recovered his station in society . He was entrusted with the erection of the column in the Place Vendome , but merely as respected its preparation for the ...
... force , though , upon the re - establish- ment of order , he in some measure recovered his station in society . He was entrusted with the erection of the column in the Place Vendome , but merely as respected its preparation for the ...
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