e.Thus self-deprived of a valuable resource, they were driven to thediscovery of some other means of giving the required cohesion andstability to their walls. This requirement they thought they hadfulfilled in exaggerating the jaoints of connection between thevertical and horizontal members, which… … Fig. 83.—Wooden building (first system\ composed by Charles Chipiez.- we have already noticed in their stone constructions ; and, more-over, as every joint was made at right angles, the pyramidal formwas entirely absent. But the Egyptians also made use of wood for buildings very 1 In this respect…
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