An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... timber , that they build in the following manner . Two trees are laid level on the earth , right and left , at such distance from each other as will suit the length of the trees which are to cross and BERANGTONAT Fig 2 . KARLY TIMBER ...
... timber , that they build in the following manner . Two trees are laid level on the earth , right and left , at such distance from each other as will suit the length of the trees which are to cross and BERANGTONAT Fig 2 . KARLY TIMBER ...
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... timber buildings , merely observing here , by the way , that many of the columns and entablatures of Egypt had existence long before the earliest temples of Greece , and therefore that , without recurrence to timber construction ...
... timber buildings , merely observing here , by the way , that many of the columns and entablatures of Egypt had existence long before the earliest temples of Greece , and therefore that , without recurrence to timber construction ...
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... timber framing , just as though they had surrounded tents with enclosures of masonry . Indeed , from the accounts of travellers , a Chinese city looks like a large permanent encampment , as well in respect of its roofs as its extent ...
... timber framing , just as though they had surrounded tents with enclosures of masonry . Indeed , from the accounts of travellers , a Chinese city looks like a large permanent encampment , as well in respect of its roofs as its extent ...
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... timber is , however , less than that of stone , and its facility of transport is far greater . The greatest inconvenience attending the use of timber , is its great susceptibility of ignition . This has led to expedients for another ...
... timber is , however , less than that of stone , and its facility of transport is far greater . The greatest inconvenience attending the use of timber , is its great susceptibility of ignition . This has led to expedients for another ...
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... timber of the same size , lying horizontally , does not diminish exactly in the pr portion of their length , as the theory whereon the rule is founded would indicate . It be- comes , therefore , proper to modify it in some respects ...
... timber of the same size , lying horizontally , does not diminish exactly in the pr portion of their length , as the theory whereon the rule is founded would indicate . It be- comes , therefore , proper to modify it in some respects ...
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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