Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 275
ebricks high. Why were these battlements given a height beyondthose of the royal jsalace ? That question may be easily answered.The crenelations of the observatory were destined for a muchmore lofty situation than those of the palace. The base of theformer monument rose about 144 feet above the… … Fig. 105.—Battlements fiom the Khorsabad Observatory. higher stories to be relieved against, would be practicallyinvisible. Whether composed of two or three stages this battlement wasalways inscribed within an isosceles triangle ; in fact, when athird story was added, the height and the w-idth at…
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