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 846
escriptive Geomelrj, which, if well understood, will remove all difficulty incomprehending the subject of this section. 2459. The reader will understand that in this work, which is strictly architectural, theonly source of light to be considered is the sun, whose rays, owing to his great… … light, and the remaining parts of such body are said to be in shade. But wlien onebody stands on or before another, and intercepts the suns rays from the latter, whichis thereby deprived of the action upon it of the rays of light, tlie part so deprived of theimmediate action of the light is said to…
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