An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders (1862)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Starling, William Francis, Hacker, C., 19th cent, Carter, James, 1798-1855, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B · Oxford ; London : John Henry and James Parker · leaf 37
part of it were bound, in the directionof the axis of the shaft, to the cylindrical third, and then,by pressure at the top only, brought to the diminishing point.The Grecian columns are mostly diminished from the bottom,and conically. The quantity of diminution varies from one-sixth to one-fourth… … TDSCAN OEDEK AS DESCKIBED BY VITRDVIOS, B. iv. c. 7.