An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 15
... square enclosed by a wall 480 furlongs in circum- ference , which would make it eight times the size of London . It is said to have had num- bers of houses three or four stories in height , and to have been regularly divided into ...
... square enclosed by a wall 480 furlongs in circum- ference , which would make it eight times the size of London . It is said to have had num- bers of houses three or four stories in height , and to have been regularly divided into ...
Page 23
... square court , surrounded with rooms of varying dimensions for different uses , the sides of the area being planted with flowers , and refreshed by fountains . Distinct from this is a smaller court , round which are distributed the ...
... square court , surrounded with rooms of varying dimensions for different uses , the sides of the area being planted with flowers , and refreshed by fountains . Distinct from this is a smaller court , round which are distributed the ...
Page 147
... square . He introduced a new method , inventing the triangular and pentangular bastion , with plain fossés , flanks , and square bases , which doubled the support ; he moreover not only flanked the curtain , but all the fossé to the ...
... square . He introduced a new method , inventing the triangular and pentangular bastion , with plain fossés , flanks , and square bases , which doubled the support ; he moreover not only flanked the curtain , but all the fossé to the ...
Page 269
... square BDFC ; upon the side AB describe the square ALMB , and upon the side AC the square ARNC ; the square BDFC is equal to the two squares ALMB , ARNC taken together . Draw the right lines MC , AD , and draw CHAP . I. 269 GEOMETRY .
... square BDFC ; upon the side AB describe the square ALMB , and upon the side AC the square ARNC ; the square BDFC is equal to the two squares ALMB , ARNC taken together . Draw the right lines MC , AD , and draw CHAP . I. 269 GEOMETRY .
Page 270
... square ALMB . Again , because the rectangle or parallelogram DGPB and the triangle DAB are between the same ... square , they are ( Defin . 17. ) equal . Also , since the side BC of the first triangle and the side BD of the second ...
... square ALMB . Again , because the rectangle or parallelogram DGPB and the triangle DAB are between the same ... square , they are ( Defin . 17. ) equal . Also , since the side BC of the first triangle and the side BD of the second ...
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