An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... direction from some central Asiatic point , is fully borne out ; and that the Egyp- tian style had its origin in Asia . We are quite aware that conjectures , bearing a semblance of pro- bability , have as- signed the erection of this ...
... direction from some central Asiatic point , is fully borne out ; and that the Egyp- tian style had its origin in Asia . We are quite aware that conjectures , bearing a semblance of pro- bability , have as- signed the erection of this ...
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... direction which ulti- mately brought them to that which , in modern times , has received the name of the New World . The Toultecs appeared in 648 , making roads , building cities , and constructing great pyramids , which are yet admired ...
... direction which ulti- mately brought them to that which , in modern times , has received the name of the New World . The Toultecs appeared in 648 , making roads , building cities , and constructing great pyramids , which are yet admired ...
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... direction being less . Thus the intersection of the naves with each other produces 850 columns , which , with fifty - two columns in the court , form a total of upwards of 900 columns . They are about 18 in . in diameter , the mean ...
... direction being less . Thus the intersection of the naves with each other produces 850 columns , which , with fifty - two columns in the court , form a total of upwards of 900 columns . They are about 18 in . in diameter , the mean ...
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... direction , far from their own country , in which they had never cultivated the arts ; hence their architecture was founded upon the models before them , which the Byzantine school supplied . Of the forms of their arches , some whereof ...
... direction , far from their own country , in which they had never cultivated the arts ; hence their architecture was founded upon the models before them , which the Byzantine school supplied . Of the forms of their arches , some whereof ...
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... direction ( on the plan ) of the radiating walls . These ropes passed through pullies in the poles , 240 in number , at the top of the building , which rested on the corbels above mentioned , and thus raised the velarium to the required ...
... direction ( on the plan ) of the radiating walls . These ropes passed through pullies in the poles , 240 in number , at the top of the building , which rested on the corbels above mentioned , and thus raised the velarium to the required ...
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