An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 113
crosses it, it conveyed the water of the Gorse to the city■ Metz. From the reservoir in which the water was received, it was conducted througliibterranean channels of hewn stone, so si)acious that in them a man might stand upright,he arches appear to have been about fifty in number, and about 50… … II. ROM AX. of which one hundred and tlftyof the arches remain, all formed of large blocks unconnectedby cement, in two ranks of arcades one above the other. 225. It has been conjectured that the causes for not carrying these aqueducts in straightlines were first to avoid excessive height, where…
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