An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... triangle , standing nearly east and west . The walls are mostly of well- jointed polygonal stones , although the rough construction occasionally appears . The general thickness of the walls is 21 ft . , in some places 25 ; their present ...
... triangle , standing nearly east and west . The walls are mostly of well- jointed polygonal stones , although the rough construction occasionally appears . The general thickness of the walls is 21 ft . , in some places 25 ; their present ...
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... triangle , which was before undefended , was by San Micheli provided against . We cannot , however , further proceed on this subject , which belongs to military , which at that period was intimately connected with civil architecture ...
... triangle , which was before undefended , was by San Micheli provided against . We cannot , however , further proceed on this subject , which belongs to military , which at that period was intimately connected with civil architecture ...
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... triangle is a surface enclosed by three right lines , called sides ( fig . 229. ) . equilateral triangle ( I ) is that which has three sides equal ; an isosceles triangle has only two of its sides equal ( II ) ; a sculene triangle ( III ) ...
... triangle is a surface enclosed by three right lines , called sides ( fig . 229. ) . equilateral triangle ( I ) is that which has three sides equal ; an isosceles triangle has only two of its sides equal ( II ) ; a sculene triangle ( III ) ...
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... triangle whose three sides shall be equal . From the point A , with the radius AB , describe the cir- cumference BCD , and from the point B , with the radius BA , de- scribe the circumference ACF ; and from the point C , where these two ...
... triangle whose three sides shall be equal . From the point A , with the radius AB , describe the cir- cumference BCD , and from the point B , with the radius BA , de- scribe the circumference ACF ; and from the point C , where these two ...
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... triangles DAF , DBF the sides DA , DB are equal , because they are the sides of an equilateral triangle ; the sides AF , BF are equal for the same reason ; and the side DF is common to the two triangles . These two triangles , then ...
... triangles DAF , DBF the sides DA , DB are equal , because they are the sides of an equilateral triangle ; the sides AF , BF are equal for the same reason ; and the side DF is common to the two triangles . These two triangles , then ...
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