An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... original . In his celebrated work , L'Art de BĆ¢tir , Rondelet has embodied all that relates to the construction of buildings . Durand , too ( LeƧons et PrĆ©cis d'Architecture ) , has published some admirable . rules on composition and on ...
... original . In his celebrated work , L'Art de BĆ¢tir , Rondelet has embodied all that relates to the construction of buildings . Durand , too ( LeƧons et PrĆ©cis d'Architecture ) , has published some admirable . rules on composition and on ...
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... original classes into which mankind were divided were , we may safely assa those of hunters , of shepherds , and of those occupied in agriculture ; and the buildings protection which each would require , must have been characterised by ...
... original classes into which mankind were divided were , we may safely assa those of hunters , of shepherds , and of those occupied in agriculture ; and the buildings protection which each would require , must have been characterised by ...
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... original nation . If the Peruvians : Mexicans , without the aid of carriages and horses , without scaffolding , cranes , and of machines used in building , without even the use of iron , were enabled to raise monume which are still the ...
... original nation . If the Peruvians : Mexicans , without the aid of carriages and horses , without scaffolding , cranes , and of machines used in building , without even the use of iron , were enabled to raise monume which are still the ...
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... original nation ; the only difference between his pinion and that of Mr. Higgins being , that the latter calls them Druids , or Celts , from the ime of the dispersion above alluded to . 12. The unhewn stones , whose antiquity and ...
... original nation ; the only difference between his pinion and that of Mr. Higgins being , that the latter calls them Druids , or Celts , from the ime of the dispersion above alluded to . 12. The unhewn stones , whose antiquity and ...
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... original position . It is situate at the end of a recess about 50 ft . long , commanded by pro- jections of the walls , which are here formed of huge blocks of square stones , many placed on each other without breaking joint , which ...
... original position . It is situate at the end of a recess about 50 ft . long , commanded by pro- jections of the walls , which are here formed of huge blocks of square stones , many placed on each other without breaking joint , which ...
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