Guide to the Crystal Palace and ParkCrystal Palace Library, 1854 - 175 oldal |
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... iron and glass building than that which we have chosen . In Gothic archi- tecture we have named one style " Early ... iron , substances which with only moderate attention will defy the effects of time . The present structure is capable ...
... iron and glass building than that which we have chosen . In Gothic archi- tecture we have named one style " Early ... iron , substances which with only moderate attention will defy the effects of time . The present structure is capable ...
28. oldal
... iron and glass , with the exception of a portion at the north front , which is panelled with wood . The whole length of the main building is 1608 feet , and the wings 574 feet each , making a length of 2756 feet , which with the 720 ...
... iron and glass , with the exception of a portion at the north front , which is panelled with wood . The whole length of the main building is 1608 feet , and the wings 574 feet each , making a length of 2756 feet , which with the 720 ...
29. oldal
... iron . By the opening or closing of these louvres - a service readily performed the temperature of the Crystal Palace is so regulated that on the hottest day of summer , the dry parching heat mounts to the roof to be dismissed , whilst ...
... iron . By the opening or closing of these louvres - a service readily performed the temperature of the Crystal Palace is so regulated that on the hottest day of summer , the dry parching heat mounts to the roof to be dismissed , whilst ...
30. oldal
... iron employed in this covered passage is 60 tons ; of glass 30,000 superficial feet . HOT - WATER APPARATUS . Vast as are the proportions of the Crystal Palace , novel and scientific as is the principle of construction , we are in some ...
... iron employed in this covered passage is 60 tons ; of glass 30,000 superficial feet . HOT - WATER APPARATUS . Vast as are the proportions of the Crystal Palace , novel and scientific as is the principle of construction , we are in some ...
38. oldal
... from every preceding style , uniting perfect strength with aërial lightness , and as easy of erection as it is capable of endurance . The combination of glass and iron has produced the original and. 38 GENERAL GUIDE BOOK .
... from every preceding style , uniting perfect strength with aërial lightness , and as easy of erection as it is capable of endurance . The combination of glass and iron has produced the original and. 38 GENERAL GUIDE BOOK .
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88. oldal - ... during the early part of the 16th century. The next monument is that of Mary, Queen of Scots, from Westminster Abbey, executed in the beginning of the 17th century, and displaying in its treatment all the characteristics of the Elizabethan style. Here is the bust of Shakspeare from Stratford-on-Avon. The succeeding monument is that of Queen Elizabeth, also from Westminster, constructed at about the same period as that of Queen Mary; the original effigy is of white marble. The last monument is...
141. oldal - The cradle-work of horn beam in the garden is, for the perplexed twining of the trees, very observable. There is a parterre which they call Paradise, in which is a pretty banqueting-house set over a cave, or cellar. All these gardens might be exceedingly improved, as being too narrow for such a palace.
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