An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... edge of each step . So great a difference in the measures by different authors appears , that we here subjoin those of the pyramid of Cheops : Authors . Length of base . Number of steps . Herodotus 800 Greek ft . Height . 852 English ft ...
... edge of each step . So great a difference in the measures by different authors appears , that we here subjoin those of the pyramid of Cheops : Authors . Length of base . Number of steps . Herodotus 800 Greek ft . Height . 852 English ft ...
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... edge . Their horizontal section varies in different examples . In some , the flutes are formed by segments of circles ; in others , the form ap- proaches that of an ellipsis . The number all round is usually twenty ; such being the case ...
... edge . Their horizontal section varies in different examples . In some , the flutes are formed by segments of circles ; in others , the form ap- proaches that of an ellipsis . The number all round is usually twenty ; such being the case ...
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... edge , and following the curve of the podium , strong ropes were attached to it in the direction of the radiating walls on the plan , and passing through pullies in the poles at the top of the building , which were 240 in number ...
... edge , and following the curve of the podium , strong ropes were attached to it in the direction of the radiating walls on the plan , and passing through pullies in the poles at the top of the building , which were 240 in number ...
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... edge , but uni- versally without tracery . The White Tower of London , however , exhibits an example of a centre aisle covered with vaulting . Our belief is , and in it we are corroborated by the Rev. Mr. Dallaway , whose judgment we ...
... edge , but uni- versally without tracery . The White Tower of London , however , exhibits an example of a centre aisle covered with vaulting . Our belief is , and in it we are corroborated by the Rev. Mr. Dallaway , whose judgment we ...
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... edge of a hill , " built for Sir Thomas Cecil in 1588. Fuller says it was nearly equal to Nonsuch . Duchess of Marlborough , and was consumed by fire . Queene Mother's House , " altered by I. Thorpe . 24 . 25. " Monsieur Jammet in Paris ...
... edge of a hill , " built for Sir Thomas Cecil in 1588. Fuller says it was nearly equal to Nonsuch . Duchess of Marlborough , and was consumed by fire . Queene Mother's House , " altered by I. Thorpe . 24 . 25. " Monsieur Jammet in Paris ...
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