An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... figure represented a snake transmitted through a circle ; ' and that , " to make their representation more natural , they artfully carried it over a variety of elevations and depressions , which , with the curvature of the avenues ...
... figure represented a snake transmitted through a circle ; ' and that , " to make their representation more natural , they artfully carried it over a variety of elevations and depressions , which , with the curvature of the avenues ...
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... figure , the total circumference of which is 762 yards . At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow , and is not more than fifty or sixty feet high ; but at the western it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 ft ...
... figure , the total circumference of which is 762 yards . At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow , and is not more than fifty or sixty feet high ; but at the western it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 ft ...
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... figures , forty to fifty in number , in high relief , and distin- guished by a variety of symbols , probably representing the attributes of the deities : * n empe ५ 1 ! 1 # 1 15 15 f Fig . 39 66 At the end that were worshipped , or the ...
... figures , forty to fifty in number , in high relief , and distin- guished by a variety of symbols , probably representing the attributes of the deities : * n empe ५ 1 ! 1 # 1 15 15 f Fig . 39 66 At the end that were worshipped , or the ...
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... figure . On similar principles , they afterwards built the temple of Diana ; but in this , from a desire of varying the proportions , they used the female figure as a standard , making the height of the column eight times its thickness ...
... figure . On similar principles , they afterwards built the temple of Diana ; but in this , from a desire of varying the proportions , they used the female figure as a standard , making the height of the column eight times its thickness ...
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... figure is a surface enclosed by four right lines , which are called its sides . 15. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral figure , which has its opposite sides parallel ; thus , Fig . 229 . III D B Fig . 230 . C if the side BC ( fig . 230 ...
... figure is a surface enclosed by four right lines , which are called its sides . 15. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral figure , which has its opposite sides parallel ; thus , Fig . 229 . III D B Fig . 230 . C if the side BC ( fig . 230 ...
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