An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... covered with mud . Others built their walls of dried lumps of turf , connected these walls together by means of timbers laid across horizontally , and covered the erections with reeds and boughs , for the purpose of sheltering ...
... covered with mud . Others built their walls of dried lumps of turf , connected these walls together by means of timbers laid across horizontally , and covered the erections with reeds and boughs , for the purpose of sheltering ...
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... covered with boughs , and thus , after a rude fashion of vaulting , their quadrilateral roofs are formed . " The ... covering roofs . 8 The period at which wrought stone was originally used for architectural purposes is I quite unknown ...
... covered with boughs , and thus , after a rude fashion of vaulting , their quadrilateral roofs are formed . " The ... covering roofs . 8 The period at which wrought stone was originally used for architectural purposes is I quite unknown ...
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... covered with one not usually placed exactly horizontal , but rather in an inclining Fig . 7 . KIT'S COTTY HOUSE ... covering stone is 9 ft . These stones are of the kind called Kentish rag . Many years ago there was a single stone of a ...
... covered with one not usually placed exactly horizontal , but rather in an inclining Fig . 7 . KIT'S COTTY HOUSE ... covering stone is 9 ft . These stones are of the kind called Kentish rag . Many years ago there was a single stone of a ...
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... covered over with pieces of sandstone a yard thick and several yards long , on which the pressure is so great as to have pushed out the side walls . What was seen was near seven feet in height , its course being to the south . The upper ...
... covered over with pieces of sandstone a yard thick and several yards long , on which the pressure is so great as to have pushed out the side walls . What was seen was near seven feet in height , its course being to the south . The upper ...
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... covered with bitumen , which crumbled into dust on exposure to the air . About this spot Mr. R. also ex- cavated and found a coffin containing a skeleton in high preservation , whose antiquity was placed beyond dispute by the attachment ...
... covered with bitumen , which crumbled into dust on exposure to the air . About this spot Mr. R. also ex- cavated and found a coffin containing a skeleton in high preservation , whose antiquity was placed beyond dispute by the attachment ...
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