An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... length of the trees which are to cross and LEMANSTON ST KARLY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION . connect them . On the extreme ends of these two trees are laid two other trees , transverse- ly the space which the house will enclose is thus marked ...
... length of the trees which are to cross and LEMANSTON ST KARLY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION . connect them . On the extreme ends of these two trees are laid two other trees , transverse- ly the space which the house will enclose is thus marked ...
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... length , indicates very advanced engineering skill ; but the most wonder_ . | : tructure of the city was the tower , pyramid , or sepulchre of Belus , whose base , accordi g to Strabo , was a stadium on each side . It stood in an ...
... length , indicates very advanced engineering skill ; but the most wonder_ . | : tructure of the city was the tower , pyramid , or sepulchre of Belus , whose base , accordi g to Strabo , was a stadium on each side . It stood in an ...
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... Length internally Width Height Temple of Adi- Natha . Length Height Temple of Djenonasla . Width Height Temple of Domma - Leyma . Length Width Height 35 1150 25 0 * 0 45 Ā· 9 == 11 55 0 18 6 16 10 co 20 ! Temple of Indra . Length Width ...
... Length internally Width Height Temple of Adi- Natha . Length Height Temple of Djenonasla . Width Height Temple of Domma - Leyma . Length Width Height 35 1150 25 0 * 0 45 Ā· 9 == 11 55 0 18 6 16 10 co 20 ! Temple of Indra . Length Width ...
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... length , and 936 ft . in width , whose walls are 30 ft . in height , and 7 ft . in thickness , each side being provided with a highly deco- rated frustum of a pyramid over an entrance gateway . The large enclosure is subdivided into ...
... length , and 936 ft . in width , whose walls are 30 ft . in height , and 7 ft . in thickness , each side being provided with a highly deco- rated frustum of a pyramid over an entrance gateway . The large enclosure is subdivided into ...
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... Length of base . No. of steps . Height . Authors . Herodotus - - 800 Gr . ft . Strabo - 600 - Diodorus - 700 - 852 Eng . ft . - 666 639 Thevenot Niebuhr Length of base . - 727 Eng . ft . - 757 No. of steps . Height . 208 554 Eng . ft ...
... Length of base . No. of steps . Height . Authors . Herodotus - - 800 Gr . ft . Strabo - 600 - Diodorus - 700 - 852 Eng . ft . - 666 639 Thevenot Niebuhr Length of base . - 727 Eng . ft . - 757 No. of steps . Height . 208 554 Eng . ft ...
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