An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... edifices were reared of unparalleled magnificence and solidity . It seems likely , that bricks would have been in use for a considerable period before stone was employed in building . They were , probably , after moulding , merely ...
... edifices were reared of unparalleled magnificence and solidity . It seems likely , that bricks would have been in use for a considerable period before stone was employed in building . They were , probably , after moulding , merely ...
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... 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 , worthy the name ...
... 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 , worthy the name ...
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... edifice is another , in some respects similar , except that it is thirty - eight feet longer . It is marked N on the ... edifices on the banks of the Nile and those on the plain of Merdasht . In both , this member , forming , as it were ...
... edifice is another , in some respects similar , except that it is thirty - eight feet longer . It is marked N on the ... edifices on the banks of the Nile and those on the plain of Merdasht . In both , this member , forming , as it were ...
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... edifices : hence the pave- ments appear masses of marble , than which nothing more durable or beautiful can be conceived . No cement appears to have been used , but the stones seem to have been connected by cramps , whose removal ...
... edifices : hence the pave- ments appear masses of marble , than which nothing more durable or beautiful can be conceived . No cement appears to have been used , but the stones seem to have been connected by cramps , whose removal ...
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... edifices are not of the highest antiquity , says ( 3rd Discourse ) , " that they prove an early connection be- tween India and Africa . The pyramids of Egypt , the colossal statues de- scribed by Pausanias and others , the Sphinx and ...
... edifices are not of the highest antiquity , says ( 3rd Discourse ) , " that they prove an early connection be- tween India and Africa . The pyramids of Egypt , the colossal statues de- scribed by Pausanias and others , the Sphinx and ...
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15th century aisles arch architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity chapel choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube cubic foot curve decorated depth describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet girder given Gothic granite half horizontal houses inches inclined intercolumniations joints length lime limestone marble mortar mouldings nave oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rafters rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Rome roof sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls weight whereof width wood