An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... depth underground equals its height above , as appeared from an experiment made by the late Sir William Strickland . " Fig . 3 . PILLAR AT KUDSTONE 15. ( 2. ) Circles of Stone . - The Israelites were in the habit of arranging stones to ...
... depth underground equals its height above , as appeared from an experiment made by the late Sir William Strickland . " Fig . 3 . PILLAR AT KUDSTONE 15. ( 2. ) Circles of Stone . - The Israelites were in the habit of arranging stones to ...
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... depth and between 60 and 70 ft . in width , leaving entrances open where the avenues intersected it . The colossal mound , called W 66 Silbury hill , " close to the Bath road , was probably connected in some way with the circle we have ...
... depth and between 60 and 70 ft . in width , leaving entrances open where the avenues intersected it . The colossal mound , called W 66 Silbury hill , " close to the Bath road , was probably connected in some way with the circle we have ...
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... depth was half its extent . The cell , or main body of the temple , was 54 ft . deep , and the sanctuary beyond 36 feet , the height of it being equal to its length and breadth . The height of the middle part , or cell , was 543 ft ...
... depth was half its extent . The cell , or main body of the temple , was 54 ft . deep , and the sanctuary beyond 36 feet , the height of it being equal to its length and breadth . The height of the middle part , or cell , was 543 ft ...
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... depth . It has three ranks of columns , containing six in each rank , is covered by a flat roof , and is enclosed by walls on three sides , the fourth , or that opposite the entrance , being open . This is , however , closed breast. D 2 ...
... depth . It has three ranks of columns , containing six in each rank , is covered by a flat roof , and is enclosed by walls on three sides , the fourth , or that opposite the entrance , being open . This is , however , closed breast. D 2 ...
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... depth of fifty feet . 82. Windows were not frequently used . When they occur they are long small paral- lelograms , rarely ornamented , but splayed inside . Many of the apartments were with- out windows at all . 83. We have , in a ...
... depth of fifty feet . 82. Windows were not frequently used . When they occur they are long small paral- lelograms , rarely ornamented , but splayed inside . Many of the apartments were with- out windows at all . 83. We have , in a ...
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