An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... solid and durable 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 ...
... solid and durable 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 ...
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... solid mass has been bored into , and the superincum- bent strata falling in , frequently bury workmen in the rubbish . In all these excavations walls of burnt brick laid in lime mortar of a good quality are to be seen ; and among the ...
... solid mass has been bored into , and the superincum- bent strata falling in , frequently bury workmen in the rubbish . In all these excavations walls of burnt brick laid in lime mortar of a good quality are to be seen ; and among the ...
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... solid pile of brick 37 ft . high by 28 in breadth , diminishing in thickness to the top , which is broken and irregular , and rent by a large fissure extending through a third of its height . It is perforated by small square holes ...
... solid pile of brick 37 ft . high by 28 in breadth , diminishing in thickness to the top , which is broken and irregular , and rent by a large fissure extending through a third of its height . It is perforated by small square holes ...
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... solid rock . The chamber is 46 ft . in length , 16 feet wide , and 23 ft . 6. in . in height , and contained a sarcophagus of granite 8 ft . long , 3 ft . 6. in . wide , and 2 ft . 3 in . deep in the inside . Returning from the chamber ...
... solid rock . The chamber is 46 ft . in length , 16 feet wide , and 23 ft . 6. in . in height , and contained a sarcophagus of granite 8 ft . long , 3 ft . 6. in . wide , and 2 ft . 3 in . deep in the inside . Returning from the chamber ...
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... solid work ; after which , as the walls rise , the bricks are used in the alternate courses as headers and stretchers on the two faces of them ; so that the headers meet , and thus occupy the whole thickness , leaving a void space ...
... solid work ; after which , as the walls rise , the bricks are used in the alternate courses as headers and stretchers on the two faces of them ; so that the headers meet , and thus occupy the whole thickness , leaving a void space ...
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