London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 392
plete the structure in fivemonths from the time that the foundationwas laid. It differs from other monu-ments of this description, in ha\ing thefaces of the pedestal battering; that is,the die of the pedestal is narrower at thetop than at the bottom where it rests onthe plinth, which harmonises… … 380 Doinestic Notices: — Scotland. and previously during the day. It is a noble structure; but, I think, verydefective in some respects. None of the stones for the building (which arethe hardest limestone I have seen) were cut by the steam-engine, as was, II think, stated in the Mechanics Magazine.…
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