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 55
t on the subject, as well as ourselves. We will only add, thatthe reasons assigned by Rlr. W. for the Egyptians not preferring such a mode of con-struction as the arch, because of the difficulty of repairing it when injured, and the con-se(juences attending the decay of a single block, are not of… … CHAF. H. EGYPTIAN. 35 ^^
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