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Page 17
... a solid pile of brick 37 ft . high by 28 in breadth , diminishing in thickness to the
top , which is broken and irregular , and ... iminense fragments of brickwork , of no
determinate figure , tumbled together and converted into solid vitrified masses ...
... a solid pile of brick 37 ft . high by 28 in breadth , diminishing in thickness to the
top , which is broken and irregular , and ... iminense fragments of brickwork , of no
determinate figure , tumbled together and converted into solid vitrified masses ...
Page 144
This species of composition , heavier , doubtless , less elegant , yet more solid
than simple colonnades , is , on the last account , preferable to them , where
several stories rise above one another . The idea was , certainly , conceived from
the ...
This species of composition , heavier , doubtless , less elegant , yet more solid
than simple colonnades , is , on the last account , preferable to them , where
several stories rise above one another . The idea was , certainly , conceived from
the ...
Page 164
Not only did the Romans raise a vast number of solid an magnificent structures
for their own accommodation , but they taught the arts to the Briton and thus
civilised them . Agricola , of all the Roman governors , took means for that pui
pose .
Not only did the Romans raise a vast number of solid an magnificent structures
for their own accommodation , but they taught the arts to the Briton and thus
civilised them . Agricola , of all the Roman governors , took means for that pui
pose .
Page 168
Masonry of solid construction . Ceilings and Roof - Almost always open timbering
. In crypts , as at York , Winchester , and a few othe ATT Fig . 182 . ARCH ,
CONVENTUAL CHURCH , ELY . AMET Fig . 183 . TWO CAPITALA ,
CONVENTUAL ...
Masonry of solid construction . Ceilings and Roof - Almost always open timbering
. In crypts , as at York , Winchester , and a few othe ATT Fig . 182 . ARCH ,
CONVENTUAL CHURCH , ELY . AMET Fig . 183 . TWO CAPITALA ,
CONVENTUAL ...
Page 247
To a certain height the tower is square and solid , being formed by one of the
Tertical divisions of the western façade . Above the solid part , the tower rises to a
certain height octangularly , open on all sides , and flanked by four sets of open ...
To a certain height the tower is square and solid , being formed by one of the
Tertical divisions of the western façade . Above the solid part , the tower rises to a
certain height octangularly , open on all sides , and flanked by four sets of open ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & Practical |
| Author | Joseph Gwilt |
| Editor | Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1891 |
| Length | 1443 pages |
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