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... language , but also of algebra , geometry , the higher branches of mathematics , and of geography and astronomy ; and at one time he had classes in these branches of science , the scho- lars of which were an honour to his industry and ...
... language , but also of algebra , geometry , the higher branches of mathematics , and of geography and astronomy ; and at one time he had classes in these branches of science , the scho- lars of which were an honour to his industry and ...
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... language on the principles of the Sanscrit or northern dialect ; and as this personage is stated also to have officiated both as minister and spiritual teacher to the founder of the Pandya principality , it is not unlikely , that the ...
... language on the principles of the Sanscrit or northern dialect ; and as this personage is stated also to have officiated both as minister and spiritual teacher to the founder of the Pandya principality , it is not unlikely , that the ...
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... language of architecture , herica , asya , and tatica , which last projects a fourth part of the diameter . Above these again is the lower collarino , in height about a quarter of a diameter , then the ornament called cumb'ha , which is ...
... language of architecture , herica , asya , and tatica , which last projects a fourth part of the diameter . Above these again is the lower collarino , in height about a quarter of a diameter , then the ornament called cumb'ha , which is ...
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... language , turned into Persian by Abú Tálib Hussaini , and translated into English By MAJOR CHARLES STEWART , late Professor of Oriental Lan- guages in the Honourable East - India Company's College . With a Map of Transoxania . In Demy ...
... language , turned into Persian by Abú Tálib Hussaini , and translated into English By MAJOR CHARLES STEWART , late Professor of Oriental Lan- guages in the Honourable East - India Company's College . With a Map of Transoxania . In Demy ...
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... Languages . Vol . II . 1. A Genealogical Catalogue of the Kings of Armenia . By Prince Huboff ; translated by Mr. James Glen of Astrachan . II . An Account of the Siege and Reduction of Chaitúr ; by the Emperor Akbar , from the Akbar ...
... Languages . Vol . II . 1. A Genealogical Catalogue of the Kings of Armenia . By Prince Huboff ; translated by Mr. James Glen of Astrachan . II . An Account of the Siege and Reduction of Chaitúr ; by the Emperor Akbar , from the Akbar ...
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Page 21 - ... proportions of symmetry." (p. 15.) The third chapter treats of the nature and quality of ground on which buildings are to be erected ; it is very copious and very curious. Minute directions are given for constructing a plough, and for ploughing the ground on which the house is to be built. This being done, " let sesamum seeds, pulse, and kidneybeans be sown, with incantations pronounced over them; and let due reverence be paid to the spiritual teacher ; and let the oxen, and the plough to which...
Page 17 - Wo to them who dwell in a house not built according to the proportions of symmetry. in building an edifice, therefore, let all its parts, from the basement to the roof, be duly considered.
Page 18 - The ground to be avoided is described in a special manner as follows : " That which has the form of a circle, a semicircle, containing three, five, or six angles, resembling a trident or a winnow, shaped like the hinder part of a fish, or the back of an elephant, or a turtle, or the face of a cow, and the like ; situated opposite to any of the intermediate quarters northwest, and the like ; abounding with human sculls, stones, worms, ant-hills, ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS.