An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... of Rooms . 4. Horizontal and Vertical Combinations in Building . 5. Subdivisions of Apartments and Points of Support . 6. Combination of Parts in leading Forms . CHAP . I. ORIGIN OF ARCHITECTURE . SECT . 11. viii PREFACE .
... of Rooms . 4. Horizontal and Vertical Combinations in Building . 5. Subdivisions of Apartments and Points of Support . 6. Combination of Parts in leading Forms . CHAP . I. ORIGIN OF ARCHITECTURE . SECT . 11. viii PREFACE .
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... horizontal stone : the former are from 17 to 18 feet high , the middle trilithon being the highest . Within this ellipsis is another of single stones , half the height of the trilithons . The outer circle was crowned with a course of ...
... horizontal stone : the former are from 17 to 18 feet high , the middle trilithon being the highest . Within this ellipsis is another of single stones , half the height of the trilithons . The outer circle was crowned with a course of ...
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... horizontal direc- tion for a length of 55 ft .; it then again ascends at the same angle and proceeds to the base of the pyramid , where another entrance is formed from the outside . About the middle of the horizontal passage there is a ...
... horizontal direc- tion for a length of 55 ft .; it then again ascends at the same angle and proceeds to the base of the pyramid , where another entrance is formed from the outside . About the middle of the horizontal passage there is a ...
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... horizontal circles , and look like an assemblage of bundles of rods tied together at intervals . The only difference among those columns which are circular and plain is in their having hierogly- phics , or not . Of the second sort there ...
... horizontal circles , and look like an assemblage of bundles of rods tied together at intervals . The only difference among those columns which are circular and plain is in their having hierogly- phics , or not . Of the second sort there ...
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... horizontal ceilings ; those of the churches we are speaking of are mostly vaulted . Hence the necessity of substituting pillars or piers for the insulated columns , which had only to carry wooden roofs . There are , however , a few ...
... horizontal ceilings ; those of the churches we are speaking of are mostly vaulted . Hence the necessity of substituting pillars or piers for the insulated columns , which had only to carry wooden roofs . There are , however , a few ...
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