An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... bricks . The Abyssinians still build with clay and reeds . Wood , however , offers such facilities of construction , that still , as of old , where it abounds , its adoption prevails . At first , the natural order seems to be that which ...
... bricks . The Abyssinians still build with clay and reeds . Wood , however , offers such facilities of construction , that still , as of old , where it abounds , its adoption prevails . At first , the natural order seems to be that which ...
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... bricks , stone , marble , and the like ; and edifices were reared of unparalleled magnificence and solidity . It seems likely , that bricks would have been in use for a considerable period before stone was employed in building . They ...
... bricks , stone , marble , and the like ; and edifices were reared of unparalleled magnificence and solidity . It seems likely , that bricks would have been in use for a considerable period before stone was employed in building . They ...
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... bricks were formed and baked in a furnace . With these , cemented together through the medium of heated bitumen intermixed with reeds to bind together the viscid mass , the sides of the trenches were lined , and with the same materials ...
... bricks were formed and baked in a furnace . With these , cemented together through the medium of heated bitumen intermixed with reeds to bind together the viscid mass , the sides of the trenches were lined , and with the same materials ...
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... bricks , on one of whose sides a few yards of wall remain , the face whereof is clear and perfect , and appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ...
... bricks , on one of whose sides a few yards of wall remain , the face whereof is clear and perfect , and appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ...
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... bricks with inscriptions on them . Interspersed are innumerable fragments of pottery , brick , bitumen , pebbles , vitrified brick or scoria , and even shells , bits of glass , and mother Fig . 20 . NORTHERN FACE OF THE MUJELIBR of ...
... bricks with inscriptions on them . Interspersed are innumerable fragments of pottery , brick , bitumen , pebbles , vitrified brick or scoria , and even shells , bits of glass , and mother Fig . 20 . NORTHERN FACE OF THE MUJELIBR of ...
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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 depth describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet girder given Gothic granite half horizontal inches intercolumniations joints length lime limestone marble mortar mouldings nave oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof 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 weight whereof width wood