An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... Joint Continuance of Two Lives , according to the Probabilities of Life in London . 1126 112 J · . 1127 . , 8. Showing the Value of an Annuity on the longer of Two Lives · 1128 A List of ARCHITECTS of all Countries , and their PRINCIPAL ...
... Joint Continuance of Two Lives , according to the Probabilities of Life in London . 1126 112 J · . 1127 . , 8. Showing the Value of an Annuity on the longer of Two Lives · 1128 A List of ARCHITECTS of all Countries , and their PRINCIPAL ...
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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. ) . It is probably the most ancient of buildings in Greece ; and it ...
... 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. ) . It is probably the most ancient of buildings in Greece ; and it ...
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... joints can scarcely be perceived . Fig . 27. COLUMN Fig . 28. CAPITAL FROM A TUMн . 50. No person can look at the style of composition and details of Persepolis without a conviction of some intimate connection between the architects of ...
... joints can scarcely be perceived . Fig . 27. COLUMN Fig . 28. CAPITAL FROM A TUMн . 50. No person can look at the style of composition and details of Persepolis without a conviction of some intimate connection between the architects of ...
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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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