An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... timber , that they build in the following manner . Two trees are laid level on the earth , right and left , at such distance from each other as will suit the length of the trees which are to cross and Fig 2 . EARLY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION ...
... timber , that they build in the following manner . Two trees are laid level on the earth , right and left , at such distance from each other as will suit the length of the trees which are to cross and Fig 2 . EARLY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION ...
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... timber buildings , merely observing here , by the way , that many of the columns and entablatures of Egypt had existence long before the earliest temples of Greece , and therefore that , without recurrence to timber construction ...
... timber buildings , merely observing here , by the way , that many of the columns and entablatures of Egypt had existence long before the earliest temples of Greece , and therefore that , without recurrence to timber construction ...
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... timber as an element in Egyptian compositions , whilst in Grecian architecture , the types certainly do point to that material . It is not necessary to inquire whether the people had or had not tents or houses in which timber was used ...
... timber as an element in Egyptian compositions , whilst in Grecian architecture , the types certainly do point to that material . It is not necessary to inquire whether the people had or had not tents or houses in which timber was used ...
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... timber framing , just as though they had surrounded tents with enclosures of masonry . Indeed , from the accounts of travellers , a Chinese city looks like a large permanent encampment , as well in respect of its roofs as its extent ...
... timber framing , just as though they had surrounded tents with enclosures of masonry . Indeed , from the accounts of travellers , a Chinese city looks like a large permanent encampment , as well in respect of its roofs as its extent ...
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... timber , for the paintings , in which the medium for the colour is not oil , retain the original fresh- ness of their colours , and the woodwork of the ceilings presents no symptoms of decomposition . It has been conjectured that the ...
... timber , for the paintings , in which the medium for the colour is not oil , retain the original fresh- ness of their colours , and the woodwork of the ceilings presents no symptoms of decomposition . It has been conjectured that the ...
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