e, and maintained by the weight of the roof. Hepublished a drawing in justification of his hypothesis. There are, however, manyobjections to it. It requires us to admit the general use of the reed as the materialfor primitive dwellings. Branches which were ever so little rigid and firm could… … J3 VOL. II. Construction. 59 study of imitative works of this kind and by comparing with oneanother the forms originally conceived by carpenters and joiners,and afterwards employed in stone architecture, that, in our chapterupon the general principles of Egyptian construction, we wereenabled to…
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