An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... timber , that they build in the following manner . Two trees are laid level on the earth , right and left , at such distance from each other as will suit the length of the trees which are to cross and LEMANSTON ST KARLY TIMBER ...
... timber , that they build in the following manner . Two trees are laid level on the earth , right and left , at such distance from each other as will suit the length of the trees which are to cross and LEMANSTON ST KARLY TIMBER ...
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... timber buildings , me observing here , by the way , that many of the columns and entablatures of Egypt existence long before the earliest temples of Greece , and therefore that , without recurre to timber construction , prototypes for ...
... timber buildings , me observing here , by the way , that many of the columns and entablatures of Egypt existence long before the earliest temples of Greece , and therefore that , without recurre to timber construction , prototypes for ...
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... timber framing , just as though they had surrounded tents with enclosures of masonry . Indeed , from the accounts of travellers , a Chinese city looks like a large permanent encampment , as well in respect of its roofs as its extent ...
... timber framing , just as though they had surrounded tents with enclosures of masonry . Indeed , from the accounts of travellers , a Chinese city looks like a large permanent encampment , as well in respect of its roofs as its extent ...
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... timber buildings . This is an hypothesis which it would be loss of time to examine , inasmuch as all the forms and details undoubtedly arise from the vault and arch ; and a close examination of the buildings of the 13th century proves ...
... timber buildings . This is an hypothesis which it would be loss of time to examine , inasmuch as all the forms and details undoubtedly arise from the vault and arch ; and a close examination of the buildings of the 13th century proves ...
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... timber is , however , less than that of stone , and its facility of transport is far greater . The greatest inconvenience attending the use of timber , is its great susceptibility of ignition . This has led to expedients for another ...
... timber is , however , less than that of stone , and its facility of transport is far greater . The greatest inconvenience attending the use of timber , is its great susceptibility of ignition . This has led to expedients for another ...
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15th century aisles arch architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity chapel choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube cubic foot curve decorated describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet flange front girder Gothic granite half height horizontal inches joints length lime limestone marble material mortar mouldings nave obtained oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sand sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls whereof width wood