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Sloan's constructive architecture : a guide to the practical builder and mechanic (1859)

Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co. · leaf 180

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he altitude of the capital is divided into three parts; one of these gives the height of thefrieze; another the fillets and ovolo; and the third the abacus, cyma-reversa, and fillets. Theminor subdivisions are figured on the plate. The projection of the capital equals the height ofthe frieze and… … THE FIVE OR-DERS OF ARCHITECTURE. 91 THE PRINCIPxVL PAETS OF THE IONIC ORDEE. Divide the whole given height for this order into ten parts, of which apportiontwo for that of the pedestal; and then make the remaining eight parts into six, ofwhich five constitute the length of the column, (inclusive…

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