The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 83
ible, but not probable, that an invention shall be realised whichcan compete with any of the three bcantiful orders which we havealready ; perhaps, however, the accompanying sketch may be receivedas a variety not unsuitable on some occasions. It is not presented asaltogether new, for the hint of… … The example will admit of the abacus and zocco being made eithercircular or square—thus differing in respect to the former from theCorinthian and the Ionic, and perhaps also the Doric order. Withregard to massiveness, it is intended to occupy a place betvfeeu thelight Corinthian and Ionic and the…
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