An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... upper landing . The upper flights are in forty - eight steps , and are cut out of single blocks of the rock . The upper landing is seventy - five feet between the flights . 48. Forty - two feet from the landing , at B , are two large ...
... upper landing . The upper flights are in forty - eight steps , and are cut out of single blocks of the rock . The upper landing is seventy - five feet between the flights . 48. Forty - two feet from the landing , at B , are two large ...
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... upper end of one of these areas , opposite the door leading to the great court ; and over this and the chambers were the apartments of the upper story . On each side of the sitting - room was a door opening on to the street . Of course ...
... upper end of one of these areas , opposite the door leading to the great court ; and over this and the chambers were the apartments of the upper story . On each side of the sitting - room was a door opening on to the street . Of course ...
Page 43
... upper timbers of the carpentry ; on the contrary , the roof projects over and beyond the posts or columns , whose upper extremities are hidden by the eaves ; thus superseding the use of a capital . A canvas covering requires but a ...
... upper timbers of the carpentry ; on the contrary , the roof projects over and beyond the posts or columns , whose upper extremities are hidden by the eaves ; thus superseding the use of a capital . A canvas covering requires but a ...
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... upper chamber ( 3 Kings , xxiii . 12. ) . The summer chamber of Eglon had stairs to it , for by them Ehud escaped , after he had revenged Israel ( Judges , iii . 20 .; 1 Kings , vi . 8. ) . In the Septuagint , these upper stories are ...
... upper chamber ( 3 Kings , xxiii . 12. ) . The summer chamber of Eglon had stairs to it , for by them Ehud escaped , after he had revenged Israel ( Judges , iii . 20 .; 1 Kings , vi . 8. ) . In the Septuagint , these upper stories are ...
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... upper and lower parts of the column do not so accurately converge on the retina : hence arises a certain degree of obscurity , which always produces a perception of greater magnitude than would be produced by the same object if seen ...
... upper and lower parts of the column do not so accurately converge on the retina : hence arises a certain degree of obscurity , which always produces a perception of greater magnitude than would be produced by the same object if seen ...
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