An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... solid pile of brick 37 ft . high by 28 in breadth , diminishing in thickness to the top , which is broken and irregular , and rent by a large fissure extending through a third of its height . It is perforated by small square holes ...
... solid pile of brick 37 ft . high by 28 in breadth , diminishing in thickness to the top , which is broken and irregular , and rent by a large fissure extending through a third of its height . It is perforated by small square holes ...
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... solid piece of framing , or like a collection of bamboos fastened to one another . The accom- panying diagram ( fig . 74. ) will convey our meaning to the reader . Their columns vary in their forms and in their proportions from eight to ...
... solid piece of framing , or like a collection of bamboos fastened to one another . The accom- panying diagram ( fig . 74. ) will convey our meaning to the reader . Their columns vary in their forms and in their proportions from eight to ...
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... solid masses of earth of a pyramidal shape , partly faced with stone . They were called Teocallis ( Houses of God ) . That of ancient Mexico , 318 ft . at the base and 121 ft . in height , consisted of five stories ; and , when seen at ...
... solid masses of earth of a pyramidal shape , partly faced with stone . They were called Teocallis ( Houses of God ) . That of ancient Mexico , 318 ft . at the base and 121 ft . in height , consisted of five stories ; and , when seen at ...
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... solid wall pierced in the windows . The piers of the lower arcade are orna- mented with Doric columns , whose entablature is charged with triglyphs in its frieze , and its metopa are sculptured with various symbols . The imposts of the ...
... solid wall pierced in the windows . The piers of the lower arcade are orna- mented with Doric columns , whose entablature is charged with triglyphs in its frieze , and its metopa are sculptured with various symbols . The imposts of the ...
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... solid and magnificent structures for their own accommodation , but they taught the arts to the Britons , and thus civilised them . Agricola , of all the Roman governors , took means for that pur- pose . That they might become less and ...
... solid and magnificent structures for their own accommodation , but they taught the arts to the Britons , and thus civilised them . Agricola , of all the Roman governors , took means for that pur- pose . That they might become less and ...
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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