An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... horizontal courses , sailing over so as to meet at their summit , and some- what resembling a pointed arch . See fig . 11. That part of the gallery , fig . 12. , now uncovered , is about 90 ft . long , and has six openings or recesses ...
... horizontal courses , sailing over so as to meet at their summit , and some- what resembling a pointed arch . See fig . 11. That part of the gallery , fig . 12. , now uncovered , is about 90 ft . long , and has six openings or recesses ...
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... horizontal courses , projecting beyond each other as they rose , and not by radiating joints or beds , and that the sur- face was afterwards formed so as to give the whole the ap- pearance of a pointed dome , by cutting away the lower ...
... horizontal courses , projecting beyond each other as they rose , and not by radiating joints or beds , and that the sur- face was afterwards formed so as to give the whole the ap- pearance of a pointed dome , by cutting away the lower ...
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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 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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... horizontal courses ; and , whether produced by accident or necessity , we may reasonably expect to meet with it occasionally in their works . " It is certain that , though neglected in their general practice , the ancients were ...
... horizontal courses ; and , whether produced by accident or necessity , we may reasonably expect to meet with it occasionally in their works . " It is certain that , though neglected in their general practice , the ancients were ...
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