An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... base , 9 ft . high , and about 2 ft . thick , Fig . 13 . of a triangular form suited to the ecess made for its reception . This block , in its appearance , resembles the green basalt of Egypt . GATK OF THE LIONS 35. In this place we ...
... base , 9 ft . high , and about 2 ft . thick , Fig . 13 . of a triangular form suited to the ecess made for its reception . This block , in its appearance , resembles the green basalt of Egypt . GATK OF THE LIONS 35. In this place we ...
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... base to the summit touches the edge of each step . So great a difference exists in the measures given in the ... base . No. of steps . Herodotus - - 800 Gr . ft . · Height . 852 Eng . ft . Authors . Strabo - 600 Diodorus - 700 - 666 639 ...
... base to the summit touches the edge of each step . So great a difference exists in the measures given in the ... base . No. of steps . Herodotus - - 800 Gr . ft . · Height . 852 Eng . ft . Authors . Strabo - 600 Diodorus - 700 - 666 639 ...
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... base of 707 ft . and a height of 454 ft . Those of the pyramid of Mycerinus are a base of 354 ft . , and a height of 218 ft . The pyramids of Sakkarah , which are as many as twenty in number , vary in form , dimensions , and ...
... base of 707 ft . and a height of 454 ft . Those of the pyramid of Mycerinus are a base of 354 ft . , and a height of 218 ft . The pyramids of Sakkarah , which are as many as twenty in number , vary in form , dimensions , and ...
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... base and 121 ft . in height , consisted of five stories ; and , when seen at a distance , so truncated was the pyramid that the monu- ment appeared an enormous cube , with small altars covered by wooden cupolas on the top . The place ...
... base and 121 ft . in height , consisted of five stories ; and , when seen at a distance , so truncated was the pyramid that the monu- ment appeared an enormous cube , with small altars covered by wooden cupolas on the top . The place ...
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... base . This practice , however , from the premature decay of wood standing immediately on the ground , caused the ... bases and capitals of columns had their origin in cinctures of iron , to prevent the splitting of the timber from the ...
... base . This practice , however , from the premature decay of wood standing immediately on the ground , caused the ... bases and capitals of columns had their origin in cinctures of iron , to prevent the splitting of the timber from the ...
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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 houses inches inclined 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 rafters rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman 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