A Rudimentary Manual of Architecture: Being a History and Explanation of the Principal Styles of European Architecture, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Renaissance, with Their Chief Variations Described and Illustrated; to which is Appended a Glossary of Technical TermsLongmans, Green, 1870 - 304 páginas |
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... piece on the tops of the uprights , which , when of stone , are placed , as Mr. Pugin says , ' just so far apart that the blocks laid on them would not break by their own weight . ' The principle , how- ever , is the same , whether the ...
... piece on the tops of the uprights , which , when of stone , are placed , as Mr. Pugin says , ' just so far apart that the blocks laid on them would not break by their own weight . ' The principle , how- ever , is the same , whether the ...
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... by nature , the squarer forms being selected , and the interstices were filled up with smaller pieces ; afterwards , as progress was made in mechanical skill and the use of tools , they were Early History of Architecture . 5.
... by nature , the squarer forms being selected , and the interstices were filled up with smaller pieces ; afterwards , as progress was made in mechanical skill and the use of tools , they were Early History of Architecture . 5.
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... connexion between the two upright bodies or piers being effected by a series of shaped pieces supporting each other by their own cohesion . There is no doubt that the Arch might in course Early History of Architecture . 7.
... connexion between the two upright bodies or piers being effected by a series of shaped pieces supporting each other by their own cohesion . There is no doubt that the Arch might in course Early History of Architecture . 7.
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... pieces which were called Triglyphs ; and the spaces between these joists , which should be perfectly square , were originally left open , and were called Metopes . In later times these metopes were filled in solid , and were * See the ...
... pieces which were called Triglyphs ; and the spaces between these joists , which should be perfectly square , were originally left open , and were called Metopes . In later times these metopes were filled in solid , and were * See the ...
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... piece or columen . c The king post or columna of a roof . dd The tie beam or transtrum , resting on the architrave , the ends of which , with the spaces between , formed the triglyphs and meto- pes . e The strut or capreolus . ff The ...
... piece or columen . c The king post or columna of a roof . dd The tie beam or transtrum , resting on the architrave , the ends of which , with the spaces between , formed the triglyphs and meto- pes . e The strut or capreolus . ff The ...
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