An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... stories , argues that the majority consisted of only one He well observes , " The peculiar climate of this district ... story must have consisted of the ground floor , or bisse - com ā¢ occupied by stables , magazines , and serdaubs or ...
... stories , argues that the majority consisted of only one He well observes , " The peculiar climate of this district ... story must have consisted of the ground floor , or bisse - com ā¢ occupied by stables , magazines , and serdaubs or ...
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... stories were , according to Diodorus , in some cases as much as four and five . Houses of small size were usually ... story . On each side of the sitting - room was a door opening on to the street . Of course there were houses on ...
... stories were , according to Diodorus , in some cases as much as four and five . Houses of small size were usually ... story . On each side of the sitting - room was a door opening on to the street . Of course there were houses on ...
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... story high : the climate seems to discountenance many stories . Though Pekin is in the fortieth degree of north latitude , the police obliges the shopkeepers and manufacturers to sleep in the open air under their penthouses in the ...
... story high : the climate seems to discountenance many stories . Though Pekin is in the fortieth degree of north latitude , the police obliges the shopkeepers and manufacturers to sleep in the open air under their penthouses in the ...
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... story . Indeed , the necessity for making the most of an area by doubling and tripling its capacity , which exists in the capitals of Europe , does not operate in China . 101. The houses of the Chinese are uniform in their appearance ...
... story . Indeed , the necessity for making the most of an area by doubling and tripling its capacity , which exists in the capitals of Europe , does not operate in China . 101. The houses of the Chinese are uniform in their appearance ...
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... stories rise . The wall of the ground story is 12 ft . thick , and 84 ft . high , and is cased with porcelain , whose lustre the rain and dust have much injured in the course of three centuries . The staircase within is small and ...
... stories rise . The wall of the ground story is 12 ft . thick , and 84 ft . high , and is cased with porcelain , whose lustre the rain and dust have much injured in the course of three centuries . The staircase within is small and ...
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