An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... original . In his celebrated work , L'Art de Bâtir , Rondelet has embodied all that relates to the construction of buildings . Durand , too ( Leçons et Précis d'Architecture ) , has published some admirable rules on composition and on ...
... original . In his celebrated work , L'Art de Bâtir , Rondelet has embodied all that relates to the construction of buildings . Durand , too ( Leçons et Précis d'Architecture ) , has published some admirable rules on composition and on ...
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... original Examination of the Elements of Beauty in Grecian Architecture , and an Investigation of its Origin , Progress , and Perfection ; in 1826 , he published the first translation in England of the entire Treatise on Architecture of ...
... original Examination of the Elements of Beauty in Grecian Architecture , and an Investigation of its Origin , Progress , and Perfection ; in 1826 , he published the first translation in England of the entire Treatise on Architecture of ...
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... original classes into which mankind were divided were , we may safely assume , those of hunters , of shepherds , and of those occupied in agriculture ; and the buildings for protection which each would require , must have been ...
... original classes into which mankind were divided were , we may safely assume , those of hunters , of shepherds , and of those occupied in agriculture ; and the buildings for protection which each would require , must have been ...
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... original nation . If the Peruvians and Mexicans , without the aid of carriages and horses , without scaffolding , cranes , and other machines used in building , without even the use of iron , were enabled to raise monuments which are ...
... original nation . If the Peruvians and Mexicans , without the aid of carriages and horses , without scaffolding , cranes , and other machines used in building , without even the use of iron , were enabled to raise monuments which are ...
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... original nation ; the only difference between his opinion and that of Mr. Higgins being , that the latter calls them Druids , or Celts , from the time of the dispersion above alluded to . - - 12. The unhewn stones , whose antiquity and ...
... original nation ; the only difference between his opinion and that of Mr. Higgins being , that the latter calls them Druids , or Celts , from the time of the dispersion above alluded to . - - 12. The unhewn stones , whose antiquity and ...
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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