A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 52
c hinged in the middle andiiaving a small spirit level set in the edge ofone arm, and generally containing a pivotedand graduated bhwle by which any angle formedby the two anns of the rule may lie subtemiwland me;isured ; or by which may Iw determinedthe slope made by one arm with the… … L J-r- ^trr^ It Wiis.-.ist ill 1U6. FOOTPACEthese lights are (IJOU) In-iiig gradually alian-(loiivtl, and other Kystoiiis of illuuiiiiatiuii intro-duced by means of which the stage is lightedin a nioi-c realistic manner, avoiding the awk-wanl aiiiH.arance of shadows cast upward frombei..w.…
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![An illustration from Architectura curiosa nova, exponens 1. Fundamenta hydragogica, indolemq[ue] aquæ, aëris interventu in altum levandæ. 2. Varios aquarum ac salientium fontium lusus per varia spectatu jucunda epistomiorum seu siphonum genera. 3. Magnum amnissimorum fontium, machinarumq[ue] aquæductoriarum sumtu magno exstructarum, ac per Italiam, Britanniam, Germaniam &c. visendarum, numerum. 4. Specus artificiales sumtuosissimas, cum plerisq[ue] principum europæorum palatiis, hortis, aulis; nec non præcipuis monasteriis atq[ue] arcibus. 5. Cum auctario figurarum elegantissimarum, ad hortorum topiaria vario ductù dividenda, nec non conclavium laquearibus ac pavimentis segmentandis, itemq[ue] labyrinthis construendis, adhibendarum. Omnia 200 æri incisis... descripta (1664)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-architecturacuri00bock-198-111.webp)
