Rudimentary architecture: for the use of beginners. The history and description of the styles of architecture of various countries, from the earliest to the present period .. (1874)
Bury, Thomas Talbot, 1811-1877 · London, J. Weale · leaf 22
with-out cement: thelintel of the dooris of one piece ofstone, of about 27feet long, 17 feetwide, and 3 feet 9inches thick, and iscalculated to weighabout 133 tons ; amass of stone towhich none can becompared, excej)t-ing those used inEgypt.* Having given aslight descriptionof the earliest… … daughter, was probably similar to those of the adjacent rival city.— VideDonaldsons Description of the Subterranean Chamber at Mycenae. * Mr. Donaldson states that there are numerous buildings and ex-cavations in Egypt, Sicily, and Italy, constructed in a manner similar tothis subterraneous…
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