rve of itskind, as any one will probably admit who ^^^Sa n^S^/B compares these two examples, a being the ordinary formof the Greek Ionic volute, viz., a geometrical or loga-rithmic spiral, and b an imitation thereof, as it appearsin the temple of a mixed order,1 at the Greek colonyof Selinus, in… … OF ARCHITECTURE. 131 affords instances of the geometrical spiral in every uni-valve shell,—of the arithmetical spiral in none. A kind of iron fence has lately been introduced, in whichthe horizontal bars are placed at progressively increasingdistances from the ground upwards. It shows how…
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