A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 552
FiQ. 21 (Plan and Section). mia, Architecture of), of pointed section, cover-ing a drain, and carrying a load of earth. In … FlQ. 22. Fig. 23. the pyramids at Meroe, not later than 800 B.C., cylindrical and pointed forms occur. There is a very perfect example, covering the chamber 943 VAULT of a tomb, at Gizeh, tlating about 600 B.C.(Fig. 3). It is of stone, in four rings, tiiat is tosay, four concentric arches. The…
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