Practice of architecture : containing the five orders of architecture and an additional column and entablature, with all their elements and details explained and illustrated, for the use of carpenters and practical men. (1835)
Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845 · Boston : Pub. by the author [etc.] ; New York : Collins & co. · leaf 125
2 1 7 JO … 30 PEDESTALS. 67 The proportion of the pedestal to the order which it supports, hasnot been determined. Sir WiUiam Chambers proposes three tenthsof the height of the order for that of the pedestal. He then dividesthe height of the pedestal into nine parts ; one of which he gives tothe cornice, two…
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