Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : James R. Osgood · leaf 504
in the figure. Now whether the inclination of the liries of the diagonal sectionof this pyramid, as in c d e, is more agreeable to the eye, becauserepresenting the principal outline of such a pvramid in actual érection,or whether the equilateral triangle, from which this pyramid is en-gendered, is… … curions results. By examining Fig. 85 we shall discover that, whileI the apex of the triangle is at the summit of the pediment of the! Parthenon, the two lower angles A A are exactly at the points where27 41 s DISCOUESES OX AKCHITECTURE. pluinb-lines, dropped from tlie micUlle of the external lines…
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