 ... of columns and other blocks of stone that were quarried at the time of the erection of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, and which are now lying in the island of Portland, near the quarries from whence they were obtained. These blocks are invariably...  Stones for Building and Decoration - Seite 375von George Perkins Merrill - 1891 - 453 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1839 - 724 Seiten
...atmosphere in town or country, we may notice the several frustra of columns and other blocks of stone which were quarried at the time of the erection of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, and are now lying in the Island of Portland, near the quarries from whence they were obtained. These blocks... | |
 | 1840 - 316 Seiten
...subjected to the effects of the atmosphere in town and country, we may notice the several frusta of columns and other blocks of stone that were quarried...in the island of Portland, near the quarries from whence they were obtained. The blocks are invariably found to be covered with lichens, and although... | |
 | 1841 - 444 Seiten
...subjected to the effects of the atmosphere in town and country, we may notice the several flnsta of columns and other blocks of stone that were quarried...in the island of Portland, near the quarries from whence they were obtained. The blocks are invariably lound to be covered with lichens and although... | |
 | Joseph Gwilt - 1842 - 1114 Seiten
...subjected to the effects of the atmosphere in town and country, we may notice the several frusta of columns and other blocks of stone that were quarried...and which are now lying in the island of Portland, nenr the quarries from whence they were obtained. These blocks are invariably found to be covered with... | |
 | 1844 - 276 Seiten
...subjected to the effects of the air in town and country, the appearance, is noticed of several frusta of columns, and other blocks of stone, that were quarried...the time of the erection of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and which are now lying in the Isle of Portland, near the quarries from whence they were obtained.... | |
 | Useful arts - 1851 - 228 Seiten
...Paul's Cathedral, don, and which are now lying in the Isle of Portland, near the quarries from whence they were obtained. These blocks are invariably found...with lichens, and, although they have been exposed to all the vicissitudes of a marine atmosphere for more than one hundred and fifty years, they still exhibit... | |
 | Robert Damon - 1860 - 226 Seiten
...or country, they call attention to the several frustra of columns, and other blocks of stone, which were quarried at the time of the erection of St. Paul's Cathedral, and are now lying in the Isle of Portland, near the quarries from whence they were obtained. These... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1861 - 630 Seiten
...appearance of several frusta of columns and other blocks of stone quarried in the island of Portland at the time of the erection of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, and now covered by a growth of lichen", beneath which can be seen even the marks of the chisel employed... | |
 | Robert Damon - 1884 - 282 Seiten
...other blocks of stone, which were quarried at the time of the erection of St. Paul's Cathedral, and are now lying in the Island of Portland, near the quarries from whence they were obtained. These blocks are covered with lichens, and though they have been exposed... | |
 | Robert Damon - 1884 - 284 Seiten
...country, the report calls attention to the several frustra of columns, and other blocks of stone, which were quarried at the time of the erection of St. Paul's Cathedral, and are now lying in the Island of Portland, near the quarries from whence they were obtained. These... | |
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