An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... height about 49. ( fig . 16 ) The blocks are placed in courses as above shown , 34 courses being at present visible . They are laid with the greatest precision , without cement , and are unequal in size . Their average height may be ...
... height about 49. ( fig . 16 ) The blocks are placed in courses as above shown , 34 courses being at present visible . They are laid with the greatest precision , without cement , and are unequal in size . Their average height may be ...
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... height , and to have been regularly divided into streets running parallel with each other , and cross ones opening to the river . It was sur- rounded by a wide and deep trench , from the earth whereof , when excavated , square bricks ...
... height , and to have been regularly divided into streets running parallel with each other , and cross ones opening to the river . It was sur- rounded by a wide and deep trench , from the earth whereof , when excavated , square bricks ...
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... height of a man , at the back whereof a low aper- ture leads to a small cavity , whence a pas- sage branches off to the right till it is lost in the rubbish . It is called by the natives the serdaub or cellar , and Mr. Rich was informed ...
... height of a man , at the back whereof a low aper- ture leads to a small cavity , whence a pas- sage branches off to the right till it is lost in the rubbish . It is called by the natives the serdaub or cellar , and Mr. Rich was informed ...
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... height of the walls all agree in the dimension of 50 cubits , which was their reduced height from 350 ft . by Darius Hystaspes , in order to render the town less defensible . The embankment of the river with walls , according to ...
... height of the walls all agree in the dimension of 50 cubits , which was their reduced height from 350 ft . by Darius Hystaspes , in order to render the town less defensible . The embankment of the river with walls , according to ...
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... height of it being equal to its length and breadth . The height of the middle part , or cell , was 543 ft .; and that of the portico the same as the sanctuary , that is , 36 ft . , - judging from the height of the columns . In the ...
... height of it being equal to its length and breadth . The height of the middle part , or cell , was 543 ft .; and that of the portico the same as the sanctuary , that is , 36 ft . , - judging from the height of the columns . In the ...
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