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 120
ng. In thecircus of Caracalla, it will be seen that these carceres were jilaced obru|nely to the longsides of the edifice, so as to equalise the length of their course from tlie starting point totne goal. So that it would seem there was as much nicety in a chariot rate of old asin a modern horse… … portions have received much illustration from thediscoveries at Pompeii; and it is pleasant to findthat, following his n)erely verl)al directions, a build-ing might be planned which would correspondas nearly with what we now know was the case,as two houses, even in a modern city, may be ex-])ected…
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