The principles of light and color : including among other things the harmonic laws of the universe, the etherio-atomic philosophy of force, chromo chemistry, chromo therapeutics, and the general philosophy of the fine forces, together with numerous discoveries and practical applications. Illustrated by more than two hundred engravings and four colored plates (1896)
Babbitt, Edwin D. (Edwin Dwight), 1828-1905 · East Orange, N. J., Pub. by the author at the College of Fine Forces · leaf 68
shows a variety of con-trasts of height, of direction, of size,of light and shadow, as well as variousgradations of size and direction, andan admirable analogical harmonv inthe midst of its great diversity. Thespirit of the Gothic style is to beau-tify utility, as Pugin expresses it; forwhen it… … 46 HARMONIC LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE. rears its immense columns and lofty porticos, it works for meredisplay, for these columns are useless in protecting either fromthe storm or from too great heat of the sun. The Gothic Archi-tecture is sometimes called CJiristian, from its heaven-pointingstyle, but…
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