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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 344

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being composed of four similar faces. The others are — Chap. I. DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY. 32f Tlic hexuhedrtm, or cube wliose faces are six in number; Tbe nrtahednm, whose faces are eight equilateral triangles ; The (lodecnhetlrou, whose faces are twelve regular pentagons ; The icosu/u-f/mn, consisting… … Fig. 483. Fis. 481. Fig. 485. 1152. The surfaces of these developcments are so arranged as to be capable of beingunited by moving them on the lines by which they are joined. US.S. It is here proper to remark, that the equilateral triangle, the square, and thepentagon, are the only figures which…

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