An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... sandstone a yard thick and several yards long , on which the pressure is so great as to have pushed out the side walls . What was seen was near seven feet in height , its course being to the south . The upper part of the passage is ...
... sandstone a yard thick and several yards long , on which the pressure is so great as to have pushed out the side walls . What was seen was near seven feet in height , its course being to the south . The upper part of the passage is ...
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... sandstone rock which Fig . 47 . rises above the level of the basis of the pyramid . This passage is 104 ft . long , 4 ft . high , and 3 ft . 6 in . wide ; descending at an angle of 26 degrees : at the bottom is a portcullis , beyond ...
... sandstone rock which Fig . 47 . rises above the level of the basis of the pyramid . This passage is 104 ft . long , 4 ft . high , and 3 ft . 6 in . wide ; descending at an angle of 26 degrees : at the bottom is a portcullis , beyond ...
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... sandstone quarries . At Kom- Ombo ( No. 27. ) ( Ombos ) are two temples , and a stone gate- way in a crude brick wall on the east side of the inclosure , Showing an earlier temple . At Assooan ( No. 28. ) ( Syene ) , ruins of a small ...
... sandstone quarries . At Kom- Ombo ( No. 27. ) ( Ombos ) are two temples , and a stone gate- way in a crude brick wall on the east side of the inclosure , Showing an earlier temple . At Assooan ( No. 28. ) ( Syene ) , ruins of a small ...
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... sandstone , which externally has obtained from the weather a picturesque yellow tinge , but when broken displays its original grey colour . The manner in which the restoration since 1840 was directed has been praised . 605. The capella ...
... sandstone , which externally has obtained from the weather a picturesque yellow tinge , but when broken displays its original grey colour . The manner in which the restoration since 1840 was directed has been praised . 605. The capella ...
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... sandstone · Ditto , against the strata Cornish granite Dundee sandstone Portland stone , a 2 - inch cube Cragleith stone , with the strata - Devonshire red marble Compact limestone Peterhead granite Limerick black compact limestone ...
... sandstone · Ditto , against the strata Cornish granite Dundee sandstone Portland stone , a 2 - inch cube Cragleith stone , with the strata - Devonshire red marble Compact limestone Peterhead granite Limerick black compact limestone ...
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