T gas, all of thehundreds of burners are lighted by elec-tricity. A fine wire, so small as not tobe noticeable, passes from one burner toanother, and is so arranged as to give aminute spark at each. By a single move-ment of a key attached to the electricalapparatus, the gas throughout an im-mense… … GARDEN SEATS. THERE are many beautifjang objectswhich add to the ornate effect ofa garden or pleasure ground, but fewwhich combine utility and appearance,in so eminent a degree, as the ever wel-come place of rest where, when thebody is fatigued in the pursuit of plea-sure, the mind can still be…
Architecture
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![An illustration from Architectura curiosa nova, exponens 1. Fundamenta hydragogica, indolemq[ue] aquæ, aëris interventu in altum levandæ. 2. Varios aquarum ac salientium fontium lusus per varia spectatu jucunda epistomiorum seu siphonum genera. 3. Magnum amnissimorum fontium, machinarumq[ue] aquæductoriarum sumtu magno exstructarum, ac per Italiam, Britanniam, Germaniam &c. visendarum, numerum. 4. Specus artificiales sumtuosissimas, cum plerisq[ue] principum europæorum palatiis, hortis, aulis; nec non præcipuis monasteriis atq[ue] arcibus. 5. Cum auctario figurarum elegantissimarum, ad hortorum topiaria vario ductù dividenda, nec non conclavium laquearibus ac pavimentis segmentandis, itemq[ue] labyrinthis construendis, adhibendarum. Omnia 200 æri incisis... descripta (1664)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-architecturacuri00bock-280-159.webp)
![An illustration from Woodward's architecture, landscape gardening, and rural art. no. I.--1867 [-no. II.--1868] (1872)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-woodwardsarchite01wood-71-68.webp)
