The American house-carpenter; a treatise upon architecture, cornices and mouldings, framing, doors, windows, and stairs. Together with the most important principles of practical geometry (1852)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York : J. Wiley · leaf 92
rder: tothis were afterwards added the Ionic and the Corinthian.These three were the only styles known among them. Eachis distinguished from the other two, by not only a peculiarityof some one or more of its principal parts, but also by aparticular destination. The character of the Doric is… … Fig. 109. their general character, they are alike famous for grace and dig-nity, elegance and grandeur, to -a high degree of perfection. 188.—The DORIC ORDER is so ancient that its origin is un-Known—although some have pretended to have discovered it.But the most general opinion is, that it is an…
Carpentry · Architecture
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