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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York: John Wiley · leaf 490

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y to express the number of possiblechamfers of this species, which are peculiarly Italian chamfers; togetherwith another singly infinite group of the straight chamfers, a b, e f, &c.of which the one formed by the line a b, passing through the centre ofthe circle, is the universal early Gothic… … Again. Either on the line A C, or on any other lines A I or A m,radiating from A, any number of centres may be taken, from which, withany radii not greater than the distance between such points and Q, aninfinite number of curves may be struck, such as t u, r s, N n (all whichare here struck from…

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