An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 23
... bricks , the public edifices only being built with burnt bricks ; the roofs , mostly flat , have terraces , whereon the inhabitants sleep during several months of the year . According to Chardin , there were in his time within the walls ...
... bricks , the public edifices only being built with burnt bricks ; the roofs , mostly flat , have terraces , whereon the inhabitants sleep during several months of the year . According to Chardin , there were in his time within the walls ...
Page 32
... brick was the material in most common use . 72. Bricks dried in the sun were employed even on large monuments ; but ... bricks , some of which are 134 in . long , 6 in . wide , and 4 in . thick ; others 15 in . long , 7 in . wide , and ...
... brick was the material in most common use . 72. Bricks dried in the sun were employed even on large monuments ; but ... bricks , some of which are 134 in . long , 6 in . wide , and 4 in . thick ; others 15 in . long , 7 in . wide , and ...
Page 47
... brick and masonry , with a terraced plat- form and a parapet of bricks . Its height is 20 ft . including a parapet of 5 ft . The thickness at the base is 25 ft . , and it diminishes to 15 ft . at the platform . Towers , at intervals of ...
... brick and masonry , with a terraced plat- form and a parapet of bricks . Its height is 20 ft . including a parapet of 5 ft . The thickness at the base is 25 ft . , and it diminishes to 15 ft . at the platform . Towers , at intervals of ...
Page 48
... bricks to a height twice that of the Louvre . The height of it is 177 ft . , and the length of a side of the base 1423 ft .. There is a flight of 120 steps to the platform . Subjoined is a comparative statement of the Egyptian and ...
... bricks to a height twice that of the Louvre . The height of it is 177 ft . , and the length of a side of the base 1423 ft .. There is a flight of 120 steps to the platform . Subjoined is a comparative statement of the Egyptian and ...
Page 108
... bricks from the Isle of Rhodes , five times less ponderous than the ordinary sort . The whole frame of the edifice was con- structed of brick ; but those base materials were concealed by a crust of marble ; and the inside of St. Sophia ...
... bricks from the Isle of Rhodes , five times less ponderous than the ordinary sort . The whole frame of the edifice was con- structed of brick ; but those base materials were concealed by a crust of marble ; and the inside of St. Sophia ...
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