An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 115
... arches spring , and over them is another order of columns , smaller and more nu- merous , from the circumstance of one being ... arch being larger than the others : the second has twenty - one arches , supported by twenty columns and two ...
... arches spring , and over them is another order of columns , smaller and more nu- merous , from the circumstance of one being ... arch being larger than the others : the second has twenty - one arches , supported by twenty columns and two ...
Page 119
... arches . In the upper order the columns are more numerous , inas- much as each arch below bears two columns above it . Over every two arches of the upper order is a sharp pediment , separated by a pinnacle from the adjoining ones ; and ...
... arches . In the upper order the columns are more numerous , inas- much as each arch below bears two columns above it . Over every two arches of the upper order is a sharp pediment , separated by a pinnacle from the adjoining ones ; and ...
Page 120
... arch style , and the pyramids of the towers are imitations of the Egyptian pyramids , the pointed arch is derived from the latter . The reader , we are sure , will not require from us any examination of the series of syllogisms here ...
... arch style , and the pyramids of the towers are imitations of the Egyptian pyramids , the pointed arch is derived from the latter . The reader , we are sure , will not require from us any examination of the series of syllogisms here ...
Page 121
... arch , the most simple and easy in construction , as it might be raised without a centre by the gradual projection of stones placed in horizontal courses ; and , whether produced by accident or necessity , we may reasonably expect to ...
... arch , the most simple and easy in construction , as it might be raised without a centre by the gradual projection of stones placed in horizontal courses ; and , whether produced by accident or necessity , we may reasonably expect to ...
Page 122
... arch on the ground of usefulness ; one was put forward by Dr. Whewell as regarded vaulting ; the other by Dr. Young and Mr. Weir , who urged that the use of the pointed arch was originally due to a discovery of its diminishing lateral ...
... arch on the ground of usefulness ; one was put forward by Dr. Whewell as regarded vaulting ; the other by Dr. Young and Mr. Weir , who urged that the use of the pointed arch was originally due to a discovery of its diminishing lateral ...
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