An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... solid and durable edifices were necessary as soon as they had fixed upon a spot for the settlement of themselves and their families . 9. Chaldæa , Egypt , Phoenicia , and China are the first countries on record in which architecture ...
... solid and durable edifices were necessary as soon as they had fixed upon a spot for the settlement of themselves and their families . 9. Chaldæa , Egypt , Phoenicia , and China are the first countries on record in which architecture ...
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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 rock . The chamber is 46 ft . in length , 16 feet wide , and 23 ft . 6. in . in height , and contained a sarcophagus of granite 8 ft . long , 3 ft . 6. in . wide , and 2 ft . 3 in . deep in the inside . Returning from the chamber ...
... solid rock . The chamber is 46 ft . in length , 16 feet wide , and 23 ft . 6. in . in height , and contained a sarcophagus of granite 8 ft . long , 3 ft . 6. in . wide , and 2 ft . 3 in . deep in the inside . Returning from the chamber ...
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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 piles " ( piers ) " which sustained the cupola were composed of huge blocks of freestone , hewn into squares and triangles , fortified by circles of iron , and firmly cemented by the infusion of lead and quicklime ; but the weight ...
... solid piles " ( piers ) " which sustained the cupola were composed of huge blocks of freestone , hewn into squares and triangles , fortified by circles of iron , and firmly cemented by the infusion of lead and quicklime ; but the weight ...
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