Rudimentary dictionary of terms used in architecture [&c.].1850 |
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... dynamical measure of the solar radiation , by receiving a quantity of heat per second , or any short space of time , on a surface exposed to the sun . In making observations with this instrument , it should be 9 A 5 ACC ACT ACROTERIA .
... dynamical measure of the solar radiation , by receiving a quantity of heat per second , or any short space of time , on a surface exposed to the sun . In making observations with this instrument , it should be 9 A 5 ACC ACT ACROTERIA .
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... surface , opening upwards , so as to admit the air and water in the down- stroke , and lift it with the up- stroke of the pump Air - pump rod , the rod for connecting the bucket to the beam Air - tint , in painting , the tint by which ...
... surface , opening upwards , so as to admit the air and water in the down- stroke , and lift it with the up- stroke of the pump Air - pump rod , the rod for connecting the bucket to the beam Air - tint , in painting , the tint by which ...
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... surface ; the diameter of this , the third planet in the system , is 7924 miles and 7 furlongs Astylar , a term which expresses the absence of columns or pilasters , where they might otherwise be supposed to occur Astyllen , in mining ...
... surface ; the diameter of this , the third planet in the system , is 7924 miles and 7 furlongs Astylar , a term which expresses the absence of columns or pilasters , where they might otherwise be supposed to occur Astyllen , in mining ...
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... surface of the globe . It is well known , that it is owing to the atmospheric pressure that water rises in a common pump , after the air has been drawn from the barrel ; but that the height to which it can be raised by this means is ...
... surface of the globe . It is well known , that it is owing to the atmospheric pressure that water rises in a common pump , after the air has been drawn from the barrel ; but that the height to which it can be raised by this means is ...
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... surface of the globe up- wards , in a geometrical ratio . Thus , when observations are made on land , above the level of the sea , a correction is required for altitude , since the weight of the atmosphere diminishes as we ascend . It ...
... surface of the globe up- wards , in a geometrical ratio . Thus , when observations are made on land , above the level of the sea , a correction is required for altitude , since the weight of the atmosphere diminishes as we ascend . It ...
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ancient angle applied arch architecture architrave Augustine Augustine Henry axis beam Benedictine body boiler bricks buckets building called cast iron centre church Cistercian Cluniac coal colour columns consists construction cubic cubic foot cylinder diameter effect employed entablature equal erected feet fixed foot force frame furnace Gilbertine Gothic architecture gravity heat Henry Henry II heraldry Herefordshire horizontal inch square kind length lime Lincolnshire locomotive engines lower machine measure ment metal mètre modulus of elasticity motion mouldings navigation Northamptonshire ornament painting pigment pipe piston placed plane plate Premonstrant principal proportion pump purpose quantity Roman roof round screw shaft ship ship-building side solid space specific gravity steam engine steel stone style surface temperature temple term thickness tion tube ture tuyère upper valve velocity vertical vessel Vitruvius walls Warwickshire weight wheel wood Yorkshire
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Page 260 - 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 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 367 - 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 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 420 - 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 284 - Jabal : he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
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 LOHD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 400 - Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
Page 38 - The mercury is sustained in the tube by the pressure of the atmosphere on the surface of the fluid in the cup.
Page 70 - In Constantinople alone, and the adjacent suburbs, he dedicated twenty-five churches to the honour of Christ, the Virgin, and the saints. Most of these churches were decorated with marble and gold ; and their various situation was skilfully chosen in a populous square or a pleasant grove, on the margin of the sea-shore, or on some lofty eminence which overlooked the continents of Europe and Asia. The...