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 Science1859 - Architecture - 596 pages |
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... head by the ring only . Acolyte , in the ancient church , a person who trimmed the lamps , prepared for the sacrament , etc. Acorn , the seed of oak : imitations of it are much used in architec- ture , and it is sometimes intro- duced ...
... head by the ring only . Acolyte , in the ancient church , a person who trimmed the lamps , prepared for the sacrament , etc. Acorn , the seed of oak : imitations of it are much used in architec- ture , and it is sometimes intro- duced ...
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... head attached to the extreme tile of this temple was found perfect , and in the blocking , which carries the Chimæra ... heads when sculptured on friezes , altars , etc. Egyptilla , a species of Egyptian or- nament . Emasia , a fence ...
... head attached to the extreme tile of this temple was found perfect , and in the blocking , which carries the Chimæra ... heads when sculptured on friezes , altars , etc. Egyptilla , a species of Egyptian or- nament . Emasia , a fence ...
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... head , generally of wood , fixed to exterior angles of a building flush with the service of the plaster . Angle of ... head by two piston - rods : the cross - head is formed by two plates with a space between for the connecting - rod to ...
... head , generally of wood , fixed to exterior angles of a building flush with the service of the plaster . Angle of ... head by two piston - rods : the cross - head is formed by two plates with a space between for the connecting - rod to ...
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... head , or ensign . Apodyterium , a dressing - room or anteroom to a bath in Roman vil- las , contiguous to the laconicum . Apophyge , in architecture , that part of a column between the upper fillet of the base and the cylindrical shaft ...
... head , or ensign . Apodyterium , a dressing - room or anteroom to a bath in Roman vil- las , contiguous to the laconicum . Apophyge , in architecture , that part of a column between the upper fillet of the base and the cylindrical shaft ...
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... head , or the like . The archivolt springs from an impost or plat - band , or sometimes from co- lumns ; but this is not to be prac- tised except in cases of the most urgent nature , for its makes neither substantial nor beautiful work ...
... head , or the like . The archivolt springs from an impost or plat - band , or sometimes from co- lumns ; but this is not to be prac- tised except in cases of the most urgent nature , for its makes neither substantial nor beautiful work ...
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ancient angle applied arch architecture architrave Augustine Augustine Henry axis beam Benedictine body boiler bricks bridge buckets building called cast iron centre church Cluniac colour columns consists construction cubic cubic foot cylinder diameter Doric order effect employed entablature equal erected feet fixed foot force frame furnace geometry Gilbertine Gothic architecture gravity Greek heat Henry Henry II heraldry Herefordshire horizontal kind length lime Lincolnshire locomotive engines lower machine measure mechanical ment metal mètre modulus of elasticity motion mouldings navigation ornament ovolo painting pediment pigment pipe piston placed plane plate pressure principal proportion pump purpose quantity Roman roof round screw shaft ship ship-building side solid space Specific gravity steam steel stone style surface temperature temple term thickness tion triglyphs tube ture tuyère upper valve velocity vertical vessel Vitruvius walls weight wheel wood
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Page 25 - 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 132 - 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 11 - 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 21 - In pure architecture the smallest detail should have a meaning or serve a purpose; and even the construction itself should vary with the material employed, and the designs should be adapted to the material in which they are executed.
Page 280 - Jabal : he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Page 144 - The Measure of an angle, is an arc of any circle contained between the two lines which form that angle, the angular point being the centre ; and it is estimated by the number of degrees contained in that arc.
Page 144 - A Quadrant, or Quarter of a circle, is a sector having a quarter of the circumference for its arc, and its two radii are perpendicular to each other.
Page 38 - The mercury is sustained in the tube by the pressure of the atmosphere on the surface of the fluid in the...
Page 260 - Lego], the desk or stand on which the larger books used in the services of the Roman Catholic Church are placed : since the Reformation they have been seldom used in this country, but are occasionally employed to hold the Bible. The principal lectern stood in the middle of the choir, but there were sometimes others in different places. They were occasionally made of stone or marble, and fixed, but were usually...
Page 11 - For I perceived that, if light was propagated in time, the apparent place of a fixed object would not be the same when the eye is at rest, as when it is moving in any other direction than that of the line passing through the eye and...