An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... circumference , and found it , according to my computation , 48 ft . , so that this stone is 97 ft . in circumference , lengthwise , and about 60 ft . in girt , measured at the middle ; and , by the best information , it contains about ...
... circumference , and found it , according to my computation , 48 ft . , so that this stone is 97 ft . in circumference , lengthwise , and about 60 ft . in girt , measured at the middle ; and , by the best information , it contains about ...
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... circumference of which is 762 yards . At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow , and is not more than fifty or sixty feet high ; but at the western it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 ft . , and on its summit ...
... circumference of which is 762 yards . At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow , and is not more than fifty or sixty feet high ; but at the western it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 ft . , and on its summit ...
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... circumference of the foot of the brickwork above the rubbish , 300 ft .; the remains of the tower contain 100,000 cubic feet . ( Vide Ives's Travels , p . 298. ) To the east of it is a dependent mound , resembling those at the Birs and ...
... circumference of the foot of the brickwork above the rubbish , 300 ft .; the remains of the tower contain 100,000 cubic feet . ( Vide Ives's Travels , p . 298. ) To the east of it is a dependent mound , resembling those at the Birs and ...
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... circumference was 12 cubits ; hence their diameter was 3-82 cubits . The chapiters , or capitals , were 5 cubits high ; and one of them was decorated with lilies upon a net - work ground , and the other with pomegranates . From the ...
... circumference was 12 cubits ; hence their diameter was 3-82 cubits . The chapiters , or capitals , were 5 cubits high ; and one of them was decorated with lilies upon a net - work ground , and the other with pomegranates . From the ...
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... circumference , and its gateway to the south is ornamented with pillars , several of which are simple stones , 33 ft . long , and nearly 5 ft . in diameter ; and those which form the roof are still larger . In the inmost inclosures are ...
... circumference , and its gateway to the south is ornamented with pillars , several of which are simple stones , 33 ft . long , and nearly 5 ft . in diameter ; and those which form the roof are still larger . In the inmost inclosures are ...
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