garden decorations. Tesselated Pavement. A pavement of mo-saic work used by the ancients, made of squarepieces of stone, &c., called teserse. The Romansdelighted in this kind of ornamental floor, whichsucceeded, as Pliny tells us, to the old painted … pavements which originated in Greeee. Manyspecimens have been found in various parts ofEngland, as well as in every part of the continentwhicli was under the Roman dominion. Theodolite. An instrument used in survey-ing, for taking angles in vertical or horizontalplanes. Trigltph. An ornament of the…
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