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 975
n at Rome, which has a portico of 8 columns, is one ofthe best examples that can be selected for examination. The total width is 109 feet 10inches; the diameters of the eight columns 39 feet 5 inchos, and the seven intercolumnia-tions 70 feet 5 inches, or nearly in the proportion of 1 to 2. The… … Fig. 1041. OCTASTYLE POHTICO OP THE PANTHEON. The united diameter of the columns, 39 feet 5 inches, multiplied by their height, gives1829 feet 7 inches, and tlie collected intercoluinniations multiplied by the same height willbe 3268 feet 6 inches : multiplying 109 feet 10 inches by 2,i feet 2…
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