An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... right line and square . " Les Ćgyptiens , " observes M. Caylus , ā ne nous ont laissĆ© aucun monu- ment public dont l ... proper for building . There are some forests of palm trees on the Lybian side , near Dendera ( Tentyra ) ; but the ...
... right line and square . " Les Ćgyptiens , " observes M. Caylus , ā ne nous ont laissĆ© aucun monu- ment public dont l ... proper for building . There are some forests of palm trees on the Lybian side , near Dendera ( Tentyra ) ; but the ...
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... line of an aqueduct , according to MontfauƧon , at certain intervals , re ... right here to present the reader with one of the Roman Theatre fig . 126 ... line drawn parallel to it through the centre will separate the pulpitum of the ...
... line of an aqueduct , according to MontfauƧon , at certain intervals , re ... right here to present the reader with one of the Roman Theatre fig . 126 ... line drawn parallel to it through the centre will separate the pulpitum of the ...
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... line is that which has length , but neither breadth nor thickness . a surface , it is difficult to convey the strict ... right lines AC , AD , AF , & c . drawn from the centre to the circumference , are called radii . A diameter is a right ...
... line is that which has length , but neither breadth nor thickness . a surface , it is difficult to convey the strict ... right lines AC , AD , AF , & c . drawn from the centre to the circumference , are called radii . A diameter is a right ...
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... line is perpendicular to another when the two angles it makes with that ... right lines , called sides ( fig . 229. ) . equilateral triangle ( 1 ) is ... right lines , which are called its sides . 15. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral ...
... line is perpendicular to another when the two angles it makes with that ... right lines , called sides ( fig . 229. ) . equilateral triangle ( 1 ) is ... right lines , which are called its sides . 15. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral ...
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... right lines CA , CB . Then ACB is an equilateral triangle . D C Fig . 235 B For the line AC is equal to the line AB , because these two lines are radii of the same circle BCD ; and the line BC is equal to the line AB , because these two ...
... right lines CA , CB . Then ACB is an equilateral triangle . D C Fig . 235 B For the line AC is equal to the line AB , because these two lines are radii of the same circle BCD ; and the line BC is equal to the line AB , because these two ...
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