The architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio : in ten books (1826)
Vitruvius Pollio, Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863 · London : Priestley and Weale · leaf 206
oxious insects ;and timber should be sparingly used in these buildings onaccount of fire. No rule can be given for the size, butthey must be suited to receive the largest ships, so that,if drawn ashore, there may be plenty of room for them.In this book, as far as it has occurred to me, I… … INTRODUCTION. Aristippus, the Socratic philosopher, shipwrecked onthe coast of Rhodes, perceiving some geometrical dia-grams thereon, is reported to have exclaimed to hiscompanions, Be of good courage, I see marks ofcivilization: and straightway making for the city ofRhodes, he arrived at the…
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