An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 48
... lime , which externally covers the stone . 112. The great pyramid of Cholula ( fig . 78. ) , the largest and most sacred temple in Mexico , appears , at a distance , like a natural conical hill , wooded , and crowned with a small church ...
... lime , which externally covers the stone . 112. The great pyramid of Cholula ( fig . 78. ) , the largest and most sacred temple in Mexico , appears , at a distance , like a natural conical hill , wooded , and crowned with a small church ...
Page 56
... lime , plaster , and stones , carried up in a sort of casing , which is removed when the work is set Fig 88 . VIEW OF DAMASCUS From want of good timber , the rooms are narrow . The mosques are by no means worthy of notice . Fez , an ...
... lime , plaster , and stones , carried up in a sort of casing , which is removed when the work is set Fig 88 . VIEW OF DAMASCUS From want of good timber , the rooms are narrow . The mosques are by no means worthy of notice . Fez , an ...
Page 134
... lime , sand , and mortar . The third book treats of construction ; foundations according to the varieties of soil ; encroachments ; the carrying up and bond of masonry ; rough and rubble work ; on the different sorts of masonry ; on the ...
... lime , sand , and mortar . The third book treats of construction ; foundations according to the varieties of soil ; encroachments ; the carrying up and bond of masonry ; rough and rubble work ; on the different sorts of masonry ; on the ...
Page 170
... lime , iron , brass , and other materials for building , he fixed a day for the great ceremony of laying the foundation , which he contrived to make a very effectual mean of raising the superstructure ; for on the long - expected day ...
... lime , iron , brass , and other materials for building , he fixed a day for the great ceremony of laying the foundation , which he contrived to make a very effectual mean of raising the superstructure ; for on the long - expected day ...
Page 455
... lime , or the carbonates of lime and mag- nesia , either nearly pure or mixed with variable proportions of foreign matter , their decomposition depends , under similar circumstances , upon the mode in which their com- ponent parts are ...
... lime , or the carbonates of lime and mag- nesia , either nearly pure or mixed with variable proportions of foreign matter , their decomposition depends , under similar circumstances , upon the mode in which their com- ponent parts are ...
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15th century aisles arch architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity chapel choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube cubic foot curve decorated depth describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet girder given Gothic granite half horizontal inches intercolumniations joints length lime limestone marble mortar mouldings nave oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls weight whereof width wood