Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture, Naval, Building and Construction, Early and Ecclesiastical Art, Engineering, Civil, Engineering, Mechanical, Fine Art, Mining, Surveying, Etc: To which are Added Explanatory Observations on Numerous Subjects Connected with Practical Art and Science, Τόμοι 1-2J. Weale, 1850 - 564 σελίδες |
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... appear , at a first glance , as superfluous , and to detract from the merits of the work ; but when it is considered how numerous and varied , in the present age , are the ramifications into which the employment of those engaged in the ...
... appear , at a first glance , as superfluous , and to detract from the merits of the work ; but when it is considered how numerous and varied , in the present age , are the ramifications into which the employment of those engaged in the ...
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... appear , the better they seem to answer the purpose for which they were erect- ed , which is securely to receive the superincumbent loading . There are many other abuses which the authority of great mas- ters may sanction , but not ...
... appear , the better they seem to answer the purpose for which they were erect- ed , which is securely to receive the superincumbent loading . There are many other abuses which the authority of great mas- ters may sanction , but not ...
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... appear in Grecian buildings Actinometer : Sir John Herschel , at the third meeting of the British Association , submitted an instru- ment for measuring at any instant the direct heating power of the solar ray it affords a dynamical ...
... appear in Grecian buildings Actinometer : Sir John Herschel , at the third meeting of the British Association , submitted an instru- ment for measuring at any instant the direct heating power of the solar ray it affords a dynamical ...
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... appear- ance to the whole : it is generally compounded of a blue - grey , occa- sionally approaching to purple Air - trap , a trap immersed in water , to prevent foul air arising from sewers or drains Air - valve , applied to steam ...
... appear- ance to the whole : it is generally compounded of a blue - grey , occa- sionally approaching to purple Air - trap , a trap immersed in water , to prevent foul air arising from sewers or drains Air - valve , applied to steam ...
Σελίδα 22
... appears not to be so per- spicuous as could be desired . In one of the posthumous works of James Bernouilli , two direct solu- tions of this problem are given , founded on the different modes of viewing the action of the voussoirs : the ...
... appears not to be so per- spicuous as could be desired . In one of the posthumous works of James Bernouilli , two direct solu- tions of this problem are given , founded on the different modes of viewing the action of the voussoirs : the ...
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Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil ..., Τόμοι 1-2 John Weale Πλήρης προβολή - 1850 |
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Σελίδα 248 - For the Lord •will pass through to smite the Egyptians ; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts...
Σελίδα 52 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Σελίδα 28 - The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Σελίδα 34 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Σελίδα 15 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Σελίδα 355 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Σελίδα 325 - And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Σελίδα 117 - A cubit was originally the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger ; which is the fourth part of a wellproportioned man's stature.
Σελίδα 408 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Σελίδα 272 - Jabal : he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.