An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... square enclosed by a wall 480 furlongs in circum- ference , which would make it eight times the size of London . It is said to have had num- bers of houses three or four stories in height , and to have been regularly divided into ...
... square enclosed by a wall 480 furlongs in circum- ference , which would make it eight times the size of London . It is said to have had num- bers of houses three or four stories in height , and to have been regularly divided into ...
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... square court , surrounded with rooms of varying dimensions for different uses , the sides of the area being planted with flowers , and refreshed by fountains . Distinct from this is a smaller court , round which are distributed the ...
... square court , surrounded with rooms of varying dimensions for different uses , the sides of the area being planted with flowers , and refreshed by fountains . Distinct from this is a smaller court , round which are distributed the ...
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... square whose base is four times that of the Place Vendome at Paris covered with bricks to a height twice that of the Louvre . The height of it is 177 ft . , and the length of a side of the base 1423 ft .. There is a flight of 120 steps ...
... square whose base is four times that of the Place Vendome at Paris covered with bricks to a height twice that of the Louvre . The height of it is 177 ft . , and the length of a side of the base 1423 ft .. There is a flight of 120 steps ...
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... square . He introduced a new method , inventing the triangular and pentangular bastion , with plain fossƩs , flanks , and square bases , which doubled the support ; he moreover not only flanked the curtain , but all the fossƩ to the ...
... square . He introduced a new method , inventing the triangular and pentangular bastion , with plain fossƩs , flanks , and square bases , which doubled the support ; he moreover not only flanked the curtain , but all the fossƩ to the ...
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... square BDFC ; upon the side AB describe the square ALMB , and upon the side AC the square ARNC ; the square BDFC is equal to the two squares ALMB , ARNC taken together . Draw the right lines MC , AD , and draw CHAP . I. 271 GEOMETRY .
... square BDFC ; upon the side AB describe the square ALMB , and upon the side AC the square ARNC ; the square BDFC is equal to the two squares ALMB , ARNC taken together . Draw the right lines MC , AD , and draw CHAP . I. 271 GEOMETRY .
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