An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 60
... material than on form . Seats seemed to have been placed round the interior part of the house , on which seats were cushions , which the women wrought . But we must return to the con- struction of the avĪ»Å , inasmuch as in it we find ...
... material than on form . Seats seemed to have been placed round the interior part of the house , on which seats were cushions , which the women wrought . But we must return to the con- struction of the avĪ»Å , inasmuch as in it we find ...
Page 319
... material lines which would result from this consideration being considered transparent would project upon a plane perpendicular to the rays of light , traces defining all these edges that we have supposed material , some foreshortened ...
... material lines which would result from this consideration being considered transparent would project upon a plane perpendicular to the rays of light , traces defining all these edges that we have supposed material , some foreshortened ...
Page 358
... material equally well wrought until it was inclined a little more than 30 degrees 2d . That to drag upon such stone a parallelopiped of the same material , a little more tha half its weight was required . Thus , to drag upon a level ...
... material equally well wrought until it was inclined a little more than 30 degrees 2d . That to drag upon such stone a parallelopiped of the same material , a little more tha half its weight was required . Thus , to drag upon a level ...
Page 392
... materials ; still more on the proportion which their bases bear to their heights . The crushing of stone and brick ... material employed . In Gothic structures we often see , for instance , in chapter houses with a central column , a ...
... materials ; still more on the proportion which their bases bear to their heights . The crushing of stone and brick ... material employed . In Gothic structures we often see , for instance , in chapter houses with a central column , a ...
Page 393
... material , though more costly , is in truth the most economical . 1502 . TABLE OF THE WEIGHT REQUIRED TO CRUSH CUBES OF STONE . Materials . 1. Granites ( 2 - inch cubes ) : Aberdeen ( blue ) Dartmoor Specific Cracking Gravity . Weght ...
... material , though more costly , is in truth the most economical . 1502 . TABLE OF THE WEIGHT REQUIRED TO CRUSH CUBES OF STONE . Materials . 1. Granites ( 2 - inch cubes ) : Aberdeen ( blue ) Dartmoor Specific Cracking Gravity . Weght ...
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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 describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet flange front girder Gothic granite half height horizontal inches joints length lime limestone marble material mortar mouldings nave obtained oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sand 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 whereof width wood