An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... upper stone or impost is also extremely irregular ; its greatest length is nearly 12 ft . , and its breadth about 94 ft .; its thickness is 2 ft . , and its weight about 10 tons : the width of the recess at bottom is 9 ft . , and at top ...
... upper stone or impost is also extremely irregular ; its greatest length is nearly 12 ft . , and its breadth about 94 ft .; its thickness is 2 ft . , and its weight about 10 tons : the width of the recess at bottom is 9 ft . , and at top ...
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... upper landing . The upper flights are in forty - eight steps , and are cut out of single blocks of the rock . The upper landing is seventy - five feet between the flights . 48. Forty - two feet from the landing , at B , are two large ...
... upper landing . The upper flights are in forty - eight steps , and are cut out of single blocks of the rock . The upper landing is seventy - five feet between the flights . 48. Forty - two feet from the landing , at B , are two large ...
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... upper timbers of the carpentry ; on the contrary , the roof projects over and beyond the posts or columns , whose upper extremities are hidden by the eaves ; thus superseding the use of a capital . A canvas covering requires but a ...
... upper timbers of the carpentry ; on the contrary , the roof projects over and beyond the posts or columns , whose upper extremities are hidden by the eaves ; thus superseding the use of a capital . A canvas covering requires but a ...
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... upper chamber ( 3 Kings , xxiii . 12. ) . summer chamber of Eglon had stairs to it , for by them Ehud escaped , after he had revenged Israel ( Judges , iii . 20 .; 1 Kings , vi . 8. ) . In the Septuagint , these upper stories are all ...
... upper chamber ( 3 Kings , xxiii . 12. ) . summer chamber of Eglon had stairs to it , for by them Ehud escaped , after he had revenged Israel ( Judges , iii . 20 .; 1 Kings , vi . 8. ) . In the Septuagint , these upper stories are all ...
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... upper and lower parts of the column do not so accurately converge on the retina : hence arises a certain degree of obscurity , which always produces a perception of greater magnitude than would be produced by the same object if seen ...
... upper and lower parts of the column do not so accurately converge on the retina : hence arises a certain degree of obscurity , which always produces a perception of greater magnitude than would be produced by the same object if seen ...
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