An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... 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 angles Fig . 14. TREASURY OF ATREUS . ( fig . 14. ) . It is probably the most ancient ...
... 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 angles Fig . 14. TREASURY OF ATREUS . ( fig . 14. ) . It is probably the most ancient ...
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... joints can scarcely be perceived , so close that the thinnest plate of metal could not be introduced between them . Fig . 28 . 50. No person can look at the style of composition and details of Persepolis without a conviction of some ...
... joints can scarcely be perceived , so close that the thinnest plate of metal could not be introduced between them . Fig . 28 . 50. No person can look at the style of composition and details of Persepolis without a conviction of some ...
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... joints . STONE and MARBLE are little employed ; not on account of their scarcity , for they are abundant , nor on the score of economy , for they are acquainted with the method of working them , as is proved from their use in public ...
... joints . STONE and MARBLE are little employed ; not on account of their scarcity , for they are abundant , nor on the score of economy , for they are acquainted with the method of working them , as is proved from their use in public ...
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... joints . He also recommends that open vertical pipes should be raised for the escape of the air which accompanies the water , a practice which the mo- derns have found it necessary to adopt wherever it is necessary to bend pipes upwards ...
... joints . He also recommends that open vertical pipes should be raised for the escape of the air which accompanies the water , a practice which the mo- derns have found it necessary to adopt wherever it is necessary to bend pipes upwards ...
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... joints for masonic arches . Thus , in order to draw the line IM perpendicular to the curve : produce FM to G , and ƒM to D , and draw MI bisecting the angle DMG ; then IM will be perpendicular to the tangent TR , and consequently to the ...
... joints for masonic arches . Thus , in order to draw the line IM perpendicular to the curve : produce FM to G , and ƒM to D , and draw MI bisecting the angle DMG ; then IM will be perpendicular to the tangent TR , and consequently to the ...
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