A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 387
re simple. The Greek temple, as illus-trated by that at Segesta, shown in Fig. 5,is built entirely of stones laid one u])on another,and keeping their place by dead weight, unlessaided by metal clamps within, as a jjartial de-Icnce against the vibrations caused by earth-quakes. The temple at Segesta… … Stone Cutting, Fig. (i; Barrel Vault of Peculiar Construction ; Nymph^um at Nimes, SouthOF France; Roman Imperlal Work. to an approximately uniform size, and are se-lected so that the stones of one course shall beof the same size throughout, constituting whatis known as coursed work. Each…
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