An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... materials to DƦdalus ; but only a few of these were known even in the time of Homer , who confines himself to the hatchet with ... material , at length were substituted bricks , stone , marble , and the like ; and edifices were reared of ...
... materials to DƦdalus ; but only a few of these were known even in the time of Homer , who confines himself to the hatchet with ... material , at length were substituted bricks , stone , marble , and the like ; and edifices were reared of ...
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... material which their cedar forests afforded , dexterous in joinery , so the Egyptians received an im- pulse in the style of their works from an abundance of the stone of all sorts which their quarries produced . Subterranean apartments ...
... material which their cedar forests afforded , dexterous in joinery , so the Egyptians received an im- pulse in the style of their works from an abundance of the stone of all sorts which their quarries produced . Subterranean apartments ...
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... materials employed upon them were well adapted to insure a defiance of all that age could effect against them . The most abundant material is what the ancients called the Thebaic granite . Large quarries of it were seated near the Nile ...
... materials employed upon them were well adapted to insure a defiance of all that age could effect against them . The most abundant material is what the ancients called the Thebaic granite . Large quarries of it were seated near the Nile ...
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... material in use among the Chinese ; that of which the country produces , the principal is the nan - mo , which , according to some , is a species of cedar ; others have placed it among the firs . It is a straight thick tree , and ...
... material in use among the Chinese ; that of which the country produces , the principal is the nan - mo , which , according to some , is a species of cedar ; others have placed it among the firs . It is a straight thick tree , and ...
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... material employed in- Fig . 86. PLAN , HOUSE AT ALGIERS . dicates solidity of construction . The streets are regular . The leading features are the balconies covered with blinds ; fronts of the houses much orna- mented ; doors , with ...
... material employed in- Fig . 86. PLAN , HOUSE AT ALGIERS . dicates solidity of construction . The streets are regular . The leading features are the balconies covered with blinds ; fronts of the houses much orna- mented ; doors , with ...
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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