An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... at which wrought stone was originally used for architectural purposes is quite unknown , as is that in which cement of. B 2 CHAP . I. 3 ORIGIN OF ARCHITECTURE . Different Sorts of Dwellings arising from different Occu-
... at which wrought stone was originally used for architectural purposes is quite unknown , as is that in which cement of. B 2 CHAP . I. 3 ORIGIN OF ARCHITECTURE . Different Sorts of Dwellings arising from different Occu-
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... cement of any kind was first employed as the medium of uniting masonry . They were both , doubtless , the invention of that race which we have mentioned as cultivators of land , to whom is due the introduction of architecture , properly ...
... cement of any kind was first employed as the medium of uniting masonry . They were both , doubtless , the invention of that race which we have mentioned as cultivators of land , to whom is due the introduction of architecture , properly ...
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... cement of any species . The method of its construction , considered as masonry , to the eye of the architect is quite sufficient to connect it with what we have in the preceding section called Druidical or Celtic architecture . It is ...
... cement of any species . The method of its construction , considered as masonry , to the eye of the architect is quite sufficient to connect it with what we have in the preceding section called Druidical or Celtic architecture . It is ...
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... cement , and are unequal in size . Their average height may be taken at 2 ft . , though to a spectator on the floor , from the effect of the perspective , they appear to diminish very much towards the vertex . This monument has a second ...
... cement , and are unequal in size . Their average height may be taken at 2 ft . , though to a spectator on the floor , from the effect of the perspective , they appear to diminish very much towards the vertex . This monument has a second ...
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... cement was more generally used than bitumen or clay ; indeed , Niebuhr says that the bricks laid in bitumen were easily separated , but that where mortar had been employed , no force could detach them from each other without breaking ...
... cement was more generally used than bitumen or clay ; indeed , Niebuhr says that the bricks laid in bitumen were easily separated , but that where mortar had been employed , no force could detach them from each other without breaking ...
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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