1761. Malleable iron, 1762. Founding, 1764-1766. Security for supporting weight, 1767. Soft grey, best sort, 1768. Test of goodness of cast, 1769. Varies in strength, 1770. Transverse strength of, 1771-1774. Points relative to loads on beams of, 1775-1777. Co- hesive strength of, 1779, 1780. Weight of cast and bar, 1780.
Ironmonger's work in specifications, 2286. Ironmongery and smithery, 2253.
Ironwork, how preserved from action of moisture, 2264.
Irrational numbers, 583-592, 601-605. Irrational powers, expressed by infinite series, 712-718.
Irrational quantities, calculation of, 693— 698.
Italian architecture, 323, et seq.
Italy, principal cathedrals of, and their dates, 318.
Ivan IV. of Russia, a great patron of the arts, 375.
Ivan Valiki, celebrated clock tower in Moscow, 375.
Ivara, Filippo, a very celebrated architect of Spain, 372.
Jib door, what, 2130.
Joffred, abbot of Croyland, 392.
Joggles in carpentry, 2009.
Joggles in stone stairs, 1927.
John of Gaunt's gateway at Lancaster Castle, 416.
John of Padua and his followers, 425. John VI. (Pope), arts under, 281. Joiner's work and mode of measuring, value of labour of, 2351-2369. Joinery, articles valued by running foot, value of labour of, 2368. Joinery, 2100, et seq. Defined, 2100. Tools used in, 2102-2124. Mouldings, 2126-2129. Wood used for, 2124. Doors, 2130-2145. Shutters, 2146— 2148. Hingeing, 2149-2163. Sash frames and sashes, 2164-2165. Grounds, 2166, 2167. Floors, 2168-2173. Framing, 2174, 2175. Stairs, 2176-
Kelston House, date and founder, 446. Kenilworth Castle, 398. 414.
Kenilworth, large sum spent on, by Lord Leicester, 438.
Kenilworth House, date and founder, 446. Kenilworth, palace at, 423.
Kenninghall, Norfolk, mansion at, 426. Kennington, palace at, 423.
Kent, William, architect, temp. George II., 511. His works, ib.
Kent, window by, 2772.
Kerrich, Mr., his opinions on pointed archi- tecture, 302. On Milan Cathedral, $18. Kief, church built at, in the time of Vladimir, 375. Convent of Petchorsky, ib.
Killing knots in painting, 2268. Kiln burnt bricks, 1817. Kimbolton, Hants, palace at, 426. Kingpost, 2031.
King's College, Cambridge, 2904. King closer defined, 1896.
King's Langley, Herts, palace at, 426.
Kirby, John, house for, designed by Thorpe, 440.
Kirkham in Yorkshire, conventual church of, 421.
Kirkstal, convental church of, 42.
Kit's Cotty House, between Maidstone and Rochester, 23.
Lathing hammer, tiler's, 1908. Lathing staff, tilers, ib.
Lath layed, plastered, and set, 2241. Laths, for tiling, 2301, 2302.
Laths, plasterer's, different sorts, 2238. Latterkin, glazier's, 2228. Launceston Castle, 398.
Lavatio, frigida et calida, of the Greek gymnasium, 175.
Lavenham, parochial church of, 421. Law courts. See "Courts of Law." Laws relating to building, Appendix, p. 819, et seq.
Layer Marney, Essex, 426. Laying, plasterer's, 2239.
Lead, 1781-1786. Heaviest of metals except gold and quicksilver, 1781. Spe- cific gravity, &c., ib. Not altered by exposure to air and water, 1782. Of two sorts, cast and milled, 1783, 1784. Manu- facture of milled lead, 1784. Thicknesses and weights of sheet lead, 1785. Pipes of, ib. For glaziers, 1786. Leases on lives, Appendix, 884. Lebrun, M., his analysis of loads and weights of an order, 2524.
Lebrun's theory as respects arcades, 2618, 2619.
Leicester, Roman wall at, 382.
Le Mercier, a French architect of talent, 359.
Leo the Isaurian destroys statues, 272. Leon, in Chinese architecture, described, 100.
Lescot, one of the early French architects, 357, 358.
Lincoln Castle, 394. 398.
Lincoln Cathedral, 396. 406. 421. Found- ers and dimensions of, 434. Lindisfarne, church built at, 388. Line pins, bricklayer's, 1890. Linings, value of labour of, 2368. Listel or annulet, 2532.
Llanphey Court, castellated palace at, 413. Llantony, conventual church of, 398. Loads and supports in an order, equality of, 2524. Principles of proportion for the orders, 2525, et seq. In tetrastyle, hexastyle, and octastyle temples, 2528. Concordance with the laws given by Vi- truvius, 2529. Ancient examples of, 2531. Principles applied to points of support, ib.
Lock rails of a door, 2130.
Locks, different sorts, 2261. Logan or rocking stones, celebrated one in Cornwall, 25.
Logarithmic tables, 639, 640. Logarithms, 632-638. Method of ex- pressing, 641-654.
Aoyeiov of the Greek theatre, 172. Lomazzo, his work translated into English, 438.
Lombards, overrun Italy, their civilisation and works, 280.
London buildings, commission temp. James I. to prevent, on new foundations
Machuca, a Spanish architect of the age of Charles V., 368.
Madrid, palace at, 368.
Madurah, tchoultry or inn at, and temple there, 61.
Maestricht, town hall at, 2897.
Magdalen College, Oxford, chapel, 421. Mahadeo, temple of, at Ellora, 56. Maidstone, parochial church of, 408. 421. Maison Carrée, niches at, 2775.
Maison Carrée, temple at Nismes (Co- rinthian), 212.
Mallet, mason's, 1909. Mallet, plumber's, 2212. Manchester College, 421
Manorial houses, of timber, short account of, 439.
Mansart, Jules Hardouin, architect in France, temp. Louis XIV., 359. Mansions, few of the Tudor age now exist, 429.
Marble Hill, Twickenham, by Earl of Pembroke, 508.
Marble, what, 1673. External characters and constituent parts, 1674. May be burnt into quicklime, 1675. Different varieties of ancient and modern, 1676- 1683.
Margins of the xystus, 175.
Marl stocks, 1821.
Marsh, an architect mentioned by Vertue,
Mars Ultor, Corinthian temple of, at Rome,
Martinelli, employed in Germany, 365. Mason's work, in specifications, 2284.
Mason's work, how measured, 2370. Values of labour of, 2373.
Masonry, 1909-1956. What, 1909. Tools used in, 1909, 1910. Stone walling, 1916-1924. Footings of stone walls, 1916. Foundations of same, 1917. Rubble walls, ib. Ashlar facing, 1918, 1919. Columns, 1925. Stairs, 1926-1929. Geometrical stairs, 1927 -1929, Scientific operations of stone- cutting, 1930, et seq. Construction of arches and simple vaults, and their groins, 1931. To draw elliptic arch and find the joints, 1934-1937. To draw Gothic arch and find joints, 1938-1941. To draw rampant Gothic arch and find the joints, 1943. Construction of intersecting vaults and groins, 1944, et seq. Dome vaulting, 1956, et seq.
Masques, decorations for, designed by Inigo Jones, 460.
Massimi Palace, arcade at, 2635. Materials, crushing weight of, 1500. Mathematics, generally defined, 523.
Mattei Palace at Rome, windows at, 2758. Mausoleum of King John, Portugal, 321. Mayence, cathedral of, 287, 288. Measuring and estimating, 2295, et seq. Measuring brickwork, 2295, et seq. Measuring digging, 2298.
Measuring rule, plumber's, 2212. Measuring tiling, 2301, et seq., 2316. Mecca, houses, how built, 131. Mechanical arts, not absolutely necessary to progress of architecture, 9. Mechanical carpentry, 1598-1635. Woods used in, 1593-1595. Weights of wood in the same tree, 1597. Timber, experi- ments on, 1598, et seq. Cohesive force of timber in direction of its length, 1598. Strength of wood in an upright position, 1600-1602. Horizontal pieces of tim- ber, 1603-1613. Tables of experiments on timber, 1613-1624. Tables applied to other timber besides oak, 1624—1635. Method of using tables for horizontal timbers, 1625, 1626. The same for ver- tical bearing timbers, 1627-1629. The same for obtaining the absolute or co- hesive strength, 1630-1632. Strength of timbers in an inclined position, 1633 -1635.
Mechanics and statics, general observations and definition, 1240-1243. Parallelo- gram of forces, 1244-1259. Of the lever, 1260-1265. Centre of gravity, 1266-1268. Centre of gravity of lines, 1269-1274. Centre of gravity of sur- faces, 1275-1280. Centre of gravity of solids, 1281-1290. Centre of gravity of irregular solids, 1291, 1292. Of the inclined plane, 1293-1306. Of the wheel and axle, 1307-1314. Of the pulley, 1315-1320. Of the wedge, 1321-1323. Of the screw, 1324-1330. Of friction, 1331-1341. Values of moving powers, 1342-1352.
Medicean Library at Florence, 2910. Melrose Abbey, 431.
Melton Mowbray, parochial church of,
Melton, parochial church at, 398. Members, what, 2129.
Memnonium, statues of, described, 85. Menilmontant, abattoir of, at Paris, de- scribed, 2935.
Mensuration, defined, 1212, 1213. find the area of a parallelogram, 1214. To find the area of a triangle, 1215. To find the area of a trapezoid, 1216. To find the area of any trapezium, 1217. To find the area of an irregular polygon, 1218. To find the area of a regular polygon, 1219. To find the diameter and circumference of a circle, 1220. Το find the length of any arc of a circle, 1221. To find the area of a circle, 1222. To find the area of a circular ring, 1223. To find the area of the sector of a circle, 1224. To find the area of the segment of a circle, 1225. To find the area of an ellipse, 1227. To find the area of a parabola or its segment, 1228. Of solids, 1229-1239. To find the superficies of a prism, 1231. To find the surface of a pyramid or cone, 1232. To find the surface of the frustum of a pyramid or cone, 1233. To find the solid content of any prism or cylinder, 1234. To find the content of any pyramid or cone, 1235. To find the solidity of the frustum of a cone or pyramid, 1236. To find the sur- face of a sphere or any segment, 1237. To find the solidity of a sphere or globe, 1238. To find the solidity of a spherical segment, 1239.
Merab, extraordinary reservoir of, 118. Mereworth, in Kent, by Campbell, 504. Mereworth, villa at, 3000.
Merton College Chapel, Oxford, 421. Meta of the Roman circus, 240. Metopæ, origin of, 135.
Meulan, Waultier de, employed on abbey of Bec in Normandy, 310. Mexican pyramids, 111, 112.
Mexico, city of, described generally, 117. Mews, late at Charing Cross, arcade at, 2635.
Miao, or idol temples in Pekin and en- virons, 104.
Michel Angelo, door by, 2740.
Michelozzo, pupil of Brunelleschi, 323. Middleburg, in Yorkshire, 423. Middleham Castle, 398.
Middle panels of a door, 2130.
Middle rails of a door, 2130. Middle stiles of a door, 2130.
Milan, cathedral at, described, 318. 322. Milan, hospital at, 2975.
Milan theatre, 2958-2967. Military architecture, from Edward III. to close of York and Lancaster contention, 413.
Milton Abbey, Dorset, conventual church of, 407.
Minaret, introduced by Alwalid II., 119. Minerva Medica, temple of, at Rome, 214. Minerva Polias, Ionic temple of, at Athens,
Minerva Polias, Ionic temple of, at Priene, 153.
Minerva, temple of, at Sunium, 150. Ministers, English, care little about the arts, 364.
Mint, at Venice, by Sansovino, 351. Minyas, king of Orchomenus, treasury of, 37. Mitla, palace of, in the district of Oaxaca,
Mitre box, 2122.
Mitre Square, 2124.
Modillions, centres of, 2612-2614. Module, what, 2550.
Moenianum of an amphitheatre, 228. Mondragone, arcade at, by Vignola, 2640. Montague House, now British Museum, 466.
Montague House, Portman Square, by Stuart, 516.
Montecchio Villa, cornice of, 2725. Monument of London, 2603. Monument of London, description of, and cost, 486.
Monuments, sepulchral, of Elizabethan architecture, 449. Of Ratcliffe, earl of Surrey, ib. Of Dudley, earl of Leicester at Warwick, ib. Of Carey, Lord Huns- don, ib. Under James I., 453.
Mora, Giovanni Gomez de, succeeded d'Herrera at the Escurial, 371.
Morard, abbot of St. Germain des Près, 289.
Morecroft, Dr., architect mentioned in Salmon's account of Essex, 466. Moresque or Arabian architecture, 118, et seq., 272. Decline of, 128.
Mortar, 1852-1857. Mode of making, 1852. Blue, 1855. Ashes mortar, 1856. Scales of iron in, 1857. Liquid or grout, 1860.
Mortar and plaster, adhesive power of, upon stones and bricks, 1494-1499. Mortar beds, should be thin, 1900. Mortise gauge, 2120. Mortises, 2008.
Morton Hall, representation of, 439. Moscow, an insignificant village in 1154, 375. Capital of the empire in 1304, ib. Mosque, first erected out of the limits of Arabia, 119.
Motion, centre of, 1241.
Mould, bricklayer's, 1890. Mould Greswold, parochial church of, 421. Mouldings in joinery, 2126-2129. Mouldings, Roman, contours of, 268. Mouldings, wood, value of labour of, 2368. Mouldings, ovolo, echinus, or quarter
round, 2532. Talon or ogee, ib. Cyma, cyma recta, or cymatium, ib. Scotia or trochilos, ib.
mouth or hollow, ib. Casement, ib. Astragal, bead, or baguette, ib. Fillet, listel, or annulet, ib. Proper places of mouldings, 2533. Their contours, how
to describe, 2534. Ornaments of, 2535. How they should be arranged, ib. Mount Surrey, near Norwich, mansion at,
Mouth or hollow, 2532.
Mujelibe, Babylon, to what applied, 39. Description of, 39. 41.
Multiplication of simple quantities, 527—
Munich, Glyptotek and Pinacotek, 2918. Museums, 2913, et seq. That founded by Ptolemy Philadelphus, 2913. Becoming common in this country, 2914. Mode of lighting, 2915, 2916. Containing several classes of objects, 2917. Vatican, 2918. British Museum, 2918. Uffizi at Florence, ib. Portici, ib. Paris, ib. At Munich, ib. Form for general dis- tribution, 2919.
Mycena, walls of, were Cyclopean, 28. 30. 33, 34. Treasury at, 36.
Mylne, Robert, architect, temp. George III., 521.
Nail head, ornament, 397.
Naked flooring, 2013. How measured, 2334. Napoleon column, at Paris, 2603. Naumann, a German architect, 366. Nebuchadnezzar's prison, same as Birs Nemroud, 40.
Nebule, ornament, 397.
Negative powers, resolved, 719-726. Nerta Chabei, or temple of joy and eternity,
Netley Abbey, conventual church of, 407. Neuman, a German architect, 365.
Neville, Sir Henry, house designed for, by Thorpe, 440.
Newark-upon-Trent, parochial church of,
Newcastle, duke of, house for, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, 465.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Castle, 394. 398. New College Chapel, Oxford, 421. Newel of stone stairs, open and solid, 1926. Newgate prison, built by Dance, 521. New Grange, near Drogheda, in Ireland, 35. New Shoreham, parochial church at, 398. Niche, to form, in joinery, 2197. Niches and statues, 2773, et seq. not found in early Greek works, 2774. At the Maison Carrée, and other places, 2775. Their decorations, 2776. Rules for proportioning, 2777. Tiers of, in stories, 2778 Chambers's rules for niches, 2779. Depth of, 2780. Examples of, 2781-2787.
Niches, construction of, in carpentry, 2066,
Nidging, in masonry, 1915.
Nilometer, opposite the rocks of E'Sooan, 91.
Nonsuch, Surrey, palace at, 426.
Norba, Cyclopean remains at, 32. Norman and Saxon styles, difference be- tween, 397.
Norman architecture, 383. 392, et seq. Characteristics of, 397. Examples of,
Norman bishops, and their works, 396. Norman cathedrals, 396. Norman churches, 290.
Norman columns, 397. Arches, ib. Arches of entrance, ib. Windows, ib. Cielings, ib. Walls, ib. Ornaments, ib. Plans, ib. North Foreland lighthouse, 2931. Northumberland House, by Chrismas and Jansen, 442.
Norwich Castle, 393, 394.
Norwich Cathedral, 398. 421. Founders and dimensions of, 434.
Nosing of stairs, 2180.
Notre Dame de bonnes Nouvelles, at Or- leans, church of, 289. Nottingham Castle, 423.
Nubia, temples and remains of, 92. Nymphæa Lotus, or water-lily, source of Egyptian ornament, 87.
Observatories, 2920, et seq. At Paris, 2920. A regular observatory, what, 2921. That at Edinburgh described, ib. Piers of, how constructed, 2922. That of Sir James South, ib. Situations of, should be dry, 2923.
Observatory at Paris, built by Perrault, 359. Octastyle temples, 2528, et seq.
Odilo, abbot, commenced cathedral at Chartres, 289.
Odoacer, annihilation of the arts on invasion of, 276-278.
Ecus of a Roman house, 252. Several species of, ib. That called cyzicene, ib. Eillet holes, at Carnarvon Castle, 402. Offices of government.
Old Louvre, windows from, 2760. Old Somerset House, ground plan, 440. Olotzaga, an early architect of Biscay, 367. Oppenheim, church at, dedicated to St. Catherine, described, 304.
Orchestra, of a Roman theatre, 226. Of the Greek theatre, 172.
Order, Tuscan. See" Tuscan Order." Doric, see "Doric Order."
Orders above orders, 2642, et seq. Vitru- vius thereon, 2643. Scamozzi's rule, 2644. Laws of solidity respecting, 2645. Axes of upper and lower columns, how placed, 2646. Disposition of, according to Chambers, 2647, et seq. Doric above Tuscan, 2648. Ionic above Doric, 2649. Corinthian above Ionic, 2650. Com-
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