An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... height , in the most perfect part , is 43 ft . There are , in some places , very slight projections from the walls , resem- bling towers , whereof the most perfect one is at the south - east angle , ite breadth being 33 ft . and its height ...
... height , in the most perfect part , is 43 ft . There are , in some places , very slight projections from the walls , resem- bling towers , whereof the most perfect one is at the south - east angle , ite breadth being 33 ft . and its height ...
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... height of 454 ft . Those of the pyramid of Mycerinus are a base of 354 ft . , and a height of 218 ft . The pyramids of Sakkarah , which are as many as twenty in number , vary in form , dimensions , and construction . They extend five ...
... height of 454 ft . Those of the pyramid of Mycerinus are a base of 354 ft . , and a height of 218 ft . The pyramids of Sakkarah , which are as many as twenty in number , vary in form , dimensions , and construction . They extend five ...
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... height of 4 ft .; the part above the wall being filled in with lattice work , covered with transparent paper . The courts are intersected by canals spanned by several marble bridges . The gateways of the quadrangles are adorned with ...
... height of 4 ft .; the part above the wall being filled in with lattice work , covered with transparent paper . The courts are intersected by canals spanned by several marble bridges . The gateways of the quadrangles are adorned with ...
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... height , consisted of five stories ; and , when seen at a distance , so truncated was the pyramid that the monu ... height twice that of the Louvre . The height of it is 177 ft . , and the length of a side of the base 1423 ft .. There is ...
... height , consisted of five stories ; and , when seen at a distance , so truncated was the pyramid that the monu ... height twice that of the Louvre . The height of it is 177 ft . , and the length of a side of the base 1423 ft .. There is ...
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... height of the column , expressed in terms of its lower diameter ; the fourth column shows the height of the entablature in terms of the diameter of the column ; the fifth column gives the distance between the columns in the same terms ...
... height of the column , expressed in terms of its lower diameter ; the fourth column shows the height of the entablature in terms of the diameter of the column ; the fifth column gives the distance between the columns in the same terms ...
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