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at leaft, in thofe of the higher fchools, to
have feen any example of chimnies dif-
tinftly made out, where the building had
any pretenfion to architedhiral beauty or 1
grandeur.
Little more afliftance can be gained from
fome of the moft approved writers on ar-
chitedfure. Palladio, for example, is totally
fiient with regard to the outward form and
effehfc of chimnies: others have flightly
touched upon them; but there are others,
again, who have given defigns for thein
in fuch forms, as they judged would have
more of variety, beauty, or grandeur, tlian
the common ones; fuch as towers, obelifks,
vafes, &c.
In many of the old manfions of Gothic
and mixed architehfcure, two or three chim-
nies arejoined together in one clufter, with
openings between them, but connedfced at the
top; fometimes they are on the fame line ;
at other times turned to different points :
b b 3 frequently
at leaft, in thofe of the higher fchools, to
have feen any example of chimnies dif-
tinftly made out, where the building had
any pretenfion to architedhiral beauty or 1
grandeur.
Little more afliftance can be gained from
fome of the moft approved writers on ar-
chitedfure. Palladio, for example, is totally
fiient with regard to the outward form and
effehfc of chimnies: others have flightly
touched upon them; but there are others,
again, who have given defigns for thein
in fuch forms, as they judged would have
more of variety, beauty, or grandeur, tlian
the common ones; fuch as towers, obelifks,
vafes, &c.
In many of the old manfions of Gothic
and mixed architehfcure, two or three chim-
nies arejoined together in one clufter, with
openings between them, but connedfced at the
top; fometimes they are on the fame line ;
at other times turned to different points :
b b 3 frequently