An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... necessary . Solidity was required as well for the personal comfort of the husbandman as for preserving , from one season to another , the fruits of the earth , upon which he and his family were to exist . Hence , doubtless , the hut ...
... necessary . Solidity was required as well for the personal comfort of the husbandman as for preserving , from one season to another , the fruits of the earth , upon which he and his family were to exist . Hence , doubtless , the hut ...
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... necessary to pursue further inquiry into them , as they present no remarkable nor interesting features . — 23. ( 4. ) Cromlechs and Cairns . The former of these seem to stand in the same relation to the large circles that the modern ...
... necessary to pursue further inquiry into them , as they present no remarkable nor interesting features . — 23. ( 4. ) Cromlechs and Cairns . The former of these seem to stand in the same relation to the large circles that the modern ...
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... necessary , as in fig . 25. a specimen of it has been given , sufficient to indicate its character . Behind this edifice is another , in some respects similar , except that it is thirty - eight feet longer . It is marked N on the plan ...
... necessary , as in fig . 25. a specimen of it has been given , sufficient to indicate its character . Behind this edifice is another , in some respects similar , except that it is thirty - eight feet longer . It is marked N on the plan ...
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... necessary to resort to the labours of agriculture . In such a state of existence nothing appears more pro- bable than that they should have availed themselves of the most obvious shelter which nature afforded against the extremes of ...
... necessary to resort to the labours of agriculture . In such a state of existence nothing appears more pro- bable than that they should have availed themselves of the most obvious shelter which nature afforded against the extremes of ...
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... necessary for the support of the ceilings , which consist of large blocks of stone , and are therefore of few diameters in height . Sometimes they are in a single piece , as at Thebes and Tentyra . The stones of which the ceilings are ...
... necessary for the support of the ceilings , which consist of large blocks of stone , and are therefore of few diameters in height . Sometimes they are in a single piece , as at Thebes and Tentyra . The stones of which the ceilings are ...
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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