A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 608
1014. Sketch Plans of Walls of Cuzco. No scale. stones are 8 and 10 ft. in length, by at least half as much in widthand depth, and weigh from fifteen to twenty tons; these are piledone over the other in three successive terraces, and, as may be seenfrom the plan, are arranged with a degree of skill… … 1015. View of Walls of Cuzco. (From a Sketch by J. B. Pentland.) met with in any work of fortification anterior to the invention ofgunpowder. To use a modern term, it is a fortification en tenaille;the re-entering angles are generally right angles, so contrived thatevery part is seen, and as…
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