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 89
om the most approved specimens of this order, withsuch deviations therefrom as were supposed necessary to adapt themcompletely to the American practice. Nor were they hastily broughtinto the form which they now assume ; for my practice, as anarchitect, has favored me with frequent opportunities of… … THE IONIC ORDER. 55 original defects, after a diligent examination of each member sepa-rately and collectively. The column is here supposed to be nine diameters in altitude ; aheight which seems to be the standard for modern practice. Itsbase is attic, and in imitation of the Roman practice. The…
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