The American house-carpenter; a treatise on the art of building, and the strength of materials (1867)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 120
great solidity and durability. The dimensionsand extent of the buildings may be judged from the temple otJupiter at Thebes, which was 1400 feet long and 300 feet wide —exclusive of the porticos, of which there was a great number. It is estimated by Mr. Gliddon, U. S. consul in Egypt, that notless… … Fig. 131. 108 ARCHITECTURE. feet long, and polished with emery to a surprising degree. It isconjectured that the stone for tliese pyramids was brought, byrafts and canals, from a distance of 6 or 7 hundred miles. 217.—The general appearance of the Egyptian style of archi-tecture is that of solemn…
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