An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... lime mortar of a good quality are to be seen ; and among the ruins are to be found fragments of alabaster vessels , fine earthenware , marble , and great quantities of varnished tiles , whose glazing and colouring are surprisingly fresh ...
... lime mortar of a good quality are to be seen ; and among the ruins are to be found fragments of alabaster vessels , fine earthenware , marble , and great quantities of varnished tiles , whose glazing and colouring are surprisingly fresh ...
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... lime mortar , that , though the layers are so close together that it is difficult to discern what substance is be- tween them , it is nearly impossible to extract one of the bricks whole . The other parts of the summit of the hill are ...
... lime mortar , that , though the layers are so close together that it is difficult to discern what substance is be- tween them , it is nearly impossible to extract one of the bricks whole . The other parts of the summit of the hill are ...
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... lime cement was more generally used than bitumen or clay ; indeed , Niebuhr says that the bricks laid in bitumen were easily separated , but that where mortar had been employed , no force could detach them from each other without ...
... lime cement was more generally used than bitumen or clay ; indeed , Niebuhr says that the bricks laid in bitumen were easily separated , but that where mortar had been employed , no force could detach them from each other without ...
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... lime or plaster and sand , of which it would seem that this second was exceedingly powerful as well as durable . 73. The Egyptians arrived at the highest degree of skill in quarrying and working stone , as well as in afterwards giving ...
... lime or plaster and sand , of which it would seem that this second was exceedingly powerful as well as durable . 73. The Egyptians arrived at the highest degree of skill in quarrying and working stone , as well as in afterwards giving ...
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... lime , and appears to be exclusively used for imperial dwell- ings and temples . It was an article of impeachment against the minister of Kien - loong , that he had presumed to use this wood in the construction of his private palace ...
... lime , and appears to be exclusively used for imperial dwell- ings and temples . It was an article of impeachment against the minister of Kien - loong , that he had presumed to use this wood in the construction of his private palace ...
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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