An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... portion of the postern gate of the walls of Mycene , for the purpose of exhibiting to the reader the cha- racter of ... portions of the walls of Tiryns , and for others we refer the reader to the Travels in Albania , by the late Rev ...
... portion of the postern gate of the walls of Mycene , for the purpose of exhibiting to the reader the cha- racter of ... portions of the walls of Tiryns , and for others we refer the reader to the Travels in Albania , by the late Rev ...
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... portion of the temple was laid out for the reception of the priests , and disposed in galleries , porticoes , and vestibules . With few and unimportant variations , the greatest similarity and uniformity is observable in their temples ...
... portion of the temple was laid out for the reception of the priests , and disposed in galleries , porticoes , and vestibules . With few and unimportant variations , the greatest similarity and uniformity is observable in their temples ...
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... portion of the area is occupied by courts , passages , and gar- dens . Sir W. Chambers describes those of the merchants at Canton as being , generally , a long rectangle on the plan , two stories high , and the apartments divided on the ...
... portion of the area is occupied by courts , passages , and gar- dens . Sir W. Chambers describes those of the merchants at Canton as being , generally , a long rectangle on the plan , two stories high , and the apartments divided on the ...
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... portion of them from a sketch with which we were favoured many years since by Mr. , now Sir Charles , Fig . 90 ... portion of a circle ; in the latter , the contours of the mouldings are portions of conic sections . In Roman architecture ...
... portion of them from a sketch with which we were favoured many years since by Mr. , now Sir Charles , Fig . 90 ... portion of a circle ; in the latter , the contours of the mouldings are portions of conic sections . In Roman architecture ...
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... portion . 174. The supply of water at Athens was chiefly from wells , aqueducts being scarcely known there before the time of the Romans . Some of these wells were dug at the public expense , others by private persons . 175. The first ...
... portion . 174. The supply of water at Athens was chiefly from wells , aqueducts being scarcely known there before the time of the Romans . Some of these wells were dug at the public expense , others by private persons . 175. The first ...
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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