An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 44
... wood in the construction of his private palace . According to Du Halde , the iron - wood , the ly - mo , is as tall as the oaks of Europe , but is less in its trunk , and differs from it in colour , which is darker , and in weight . The ...
... wood in the construction of his private palace . According to Du Halde , the iron - wood , the ly - mo , is as tall as the oaks of Europe , but is less in its trunk , and differs from it in colour , which is darker , and in weight . The ...
Page 45
... wood , and varnished or painted with figures . Sometimes the communication between apart- ments is in the form of an entire circle , which some have compared to the aperture of a bird - cage . The windows are rectangular , and filled in ...
... wood , and varnished or painted with figures . Sometimes the communication between apart- ments is in the form of an entire circle , which some have compared to the aperture of a bird - cage . The windows are rectangular , and filled in ...
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... wood . Finan , the second bishop of Lindisfarne , or Holy Island , built a church in that island , A. D. 652 , for a cathedral , which yet was not of stone , but of wood , and covered with reeds ; and so it continued till Eadbert , the ...
... wood . Finan , the second bishop of Lindisfarne , or Holy Island , built a church in that island , A. D. 652 , for a cathedral , which yet was not of stone , but of wood , and covered with reeds ; and so it continued till Eadbert , the ...
Page 166
... wood ; and it seems probable that Alfred's buildings were , in general , more remarkable for their number and utility than for their grandeur ; for there is suf ficient evidence that , long after his time , almost all the houses in ...
... wood ; and it seems probable that Alfred's buildings were , in general , more remarkable for their number and utility than for their grandeur ; for there is suf ficient evidence that , long after his time , almost all the houses in ...
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... wood moved upon wood in the direction of the fibres , the friction gradually increased , and reached its maximum in 8 or 10 seconds . When across the grain of the wood , it took a longer time to reach its maximum . 1935. ( III . ) For ...
... wood moved upon wood in the direction of the fibres , the friction gradually increased , and reached its maximum in 8 or 10 seconds . When across the grain of the wood , it took a longer time to reach its maximum . 1935. ( III . ) For ...
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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