Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture, Naval, Building and Construction, Early and Ecclesiastical Art, Engineering, Civil, Engineering, Mechanical, Fine Art, Mining, Surveying, Etc: To which are Added Explanatory Observations on Numerous Subjects Connected with Practical Art and Science, Volumes 1-2 |
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... Supply to Manchester and the adjacent Towns . 8vo . 1849 . Hunt's Tudor Architecture . 4to . 1830 . Hutton's Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary . 2 vols . 4to . 1815 . Jamieson's ( Dr. ) Dictionary of Mechanical Science . 4to ...
... Supply to Manchester and the adjacent Towns . 8vo . 1849 . Hunt's Tudor Architecture . 4to . 1830 . Hutton's Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary . 2 vols . 4to . 1815 . Jamieson's ( Dr. ) Dictionary of Mechanical Science . 4to ...
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... supply is inter- mittent Aisle , the side passage or division of a church , partially separated from the nave and choir by columns or piers Aitre , a hearth or chimney Alabaster , a species of gypsum , a mi- neral substance , chemically ...
... supply is inter- mittent Aisle , the side passage or division of a church , partially separated from the nave and choir by columns or piers Aitre , a hearth or chimney Alabaster , a species of gypsum , a mi- neral substance , chemically ...
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... supply the hanging gardens of Ba- bylon was constructed and used in this the most ancient and splendid city of the early age , founded by the builders of Babel , and enlarged by Nimrod ; extended and beautified by Semiramis . This ...
... supply the hanging gardens of Ba- bylon was constructed and used in this the most ancient and splendid city of the early age , founded by the builders of Babel , and enlarged by Nimrod ; extended and beautified by Semiramis . This ...
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... supply them with the necessary moisture , the engine was erected , of which no account is known at the present time Bac , in navigation , a praam or ferry- boat Bac , in brewing , a cooler Baccalaureus , an ecclesiastical appari- tor or ...
... supply them with the necessary moisture , the engine was erected , of which no account is known at the present time Bac , in navigation , a praam or ferry- boat Bac , in brewing , a cooler Baccalaureus , an ecclesiastical appari- tor or ...
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... supply the mills lower down the river Lea , which might otherwise have been injured by the amount withdrawn from the river by the pumping - engines of the water company . They dif- fer in construction from common flood - gates , being ...
... supply the mills lower down the river Lea , which might otherwise have been injured by the amount withdrawn from the river by the pumping - engines of the water company . They dif- fer in construction from common flood - gates , being ...
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Page 248 - For the Lord •will pass through to smite the Egyptians ; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts...
Page 52 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 28 - The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Page 34 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 15 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Page 355 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Page 325 - And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Page 117 - A cubit was originally the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger ; which is the fourth part of a wellproportioned man's stature.
Page 408 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 272 - Jabal : he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.