Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, Martin, William, 1801-1867 · London : Darton and Co · leaf 168
ofthe sun, destroyed the more fragile part of a building, andburied the strong foundations of it beneath their ruins. Inthe engraving I have here introduced, the mode of making the ANCIENT AND MODERN. 149 brick is delineated; some of the brick-makers are cuttingthe clay—others are moulding it into… … spective in their drawings. The mode of arranging them wasin rows, flat upon the ground; they were then baked by theheat of the sun, and the long dry weather, which lasts formonths in this part of the world. In building their houses, the Egyptians arranged the bricksmuch after the same manner as we…
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