A Book on Building, Civil and Ecclesiastical: With the Theory of Domes, and of the Great Pyramid; and a Catalogue of Sizes of Churches and Other Large Buildings |
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... lower than before , after they had got loose from bad building , the clerk of the works having got too fat to superintend the work at that height properly . If I had to do it again I would reduce the height of the whole building ...
... lower than before , after they had got loose from bad building , the clerk of the works having got too fat to superintend the work at that height properly . If I had to do it again I would reduce the height of the whole building ...
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... lower . I have just by accident read in ' White's Selborne , ' that in December 1784 the thermometer fell to zero there in the valley , and that he sent up the hill expecting to hear that it was lower still , and was surprised to find ...
... lower . I have just by accident read in ' White's Selborne , ' that in December 1784 the thermometer fell to zero there in the valley , and that he sent up the hill expecting to hear that it was lower still , and was surprised to find ...
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... lower in the west , or in winter ; and of course in the east too ; only the afternoon sun is much hotter and the heat more oppressive than in the morning . And therefore living rooms may look somewhat east of south . S.S.E. is quite ...
... lower in the west , or in winter ; and of course in the east too ; only the afternoon sun is much hotter and the heat more oppressive than in the morning . And therefore living rooms may look somewhat east of south . S.S.E. is quite ...
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... lower rooms of the houses on the north side of it never see the sun in winter by reason of the houses opposite . In fact , few houses except on the north sides of Squares and Parks , have a genuine south aspect . In considering when the ...
... lower rooms of the houses on the north side of it never see the sun in winter by reason of the houses opposite . In fact , few houses except on the north sides of Squares and Parks , have a genuine south aspect . In considering when the ...
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... lower stories ; so that you have what looks like two houses of differend kinds stuck together , the inferior one being generally set back or otherwise concealed as much as possible , but often very I 20 Basement Floors . imperfectly ...
... lower stories ; so that you have what looks like two houses of differend kinds stuck together , the inferior one being generally set back or otherwise concealed as much as possible , but often very I 20 Basement Floors . imperfectly ...
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