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... BUILDING BY MACHINERY ON TAKING A HOUSE : page 192 .. 201 214 .. 226 .. 242 .. 251 .. 256 .. 263 .. 272 .. . 279 THE EFFECTS OF RAILWAY TRAVELLING UPON HEALTH 289 PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITURE THE WORKING MEN'S FLOWER - SHOW .. .. 297 318 ...
... BUILDING BY MACHINERY ON TAKING A HOUSE : page 192 .. 201 214 .. 226 .. 242 .. 251 .. 256 .. 263 .. 272 .. . 279 THE EFFECTS OF RAILWAY TRAVELLING UPON HEALTH 289 PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITURE THE WORKING MEN'S FLOWER - SHOW .. .. 297 318 ...
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... building in the form of a parallelogram , divided into three compartments ; the middle one being 226 feet long and ... buildings impinge 4 THE BURIED ROMAN CITY IN BRITAIN .
... building in the form of a parallelogram , divided into three compartments ; the middle one being 226 feet long and ... buildings impinge 4 THE BURIED ROMAN CITY IN BRITAIN .
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Andrew Wynter. been traced for some distance , until fresh buildings impinge upon the way , and considerably narrow it . Along the northern side of this building ran another street joining the Watling Street wall at right angles ...
Andrew Wynter. been traced for some distance , until fresh buildings impinge upon the way , and considerably narrow it . Along the northern side of this building ran another street joining the Watling Street wall at right angles ...
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... building of the city , for the spade at some considerable depth struck upon the semicircular end of a wall , and speedily a fine hypocaust , 37 feet long and 25 feet wide , was laid open . The Romans , it may be stated , in this country ...
... building of the city , for the spade at some considerable depth struck upon the semicircular end of a wall , and speedily a fine hypocaust , 37 feet long and 25 feet wide , was laid open . The Romans , it may be stated , in this country ...
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... buildings in Uriconium were plastered and painted , as the semicircular end of the large hypocaust when discovered was so finished . Similar external embellishments were discovered at Pompeii . What we may term the stoke - hole of one ...
... buildings in Uriconium were plastered and painted , as the semicircular end of the large hypocaust when discovered was so finished . Similar external embellishments were discovered at Pompeii . What we may term the stoke - hole of one ...
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