Rudiments of ancient architecture, containing an historical account of the five orders, with their proportions, and examples of each from antiques also, extracts from Vitruvius, Pliny, &c. relative to the buildings of the ancients (London, 1810 (4. Aufl.))

ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE.

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into thirty parts or minutes, which method,
having fewer calculations than any other,
is preferable: the projections are measured
from the perpendicular of the.superior and
inferior parts of the column.