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Ancient Egyptian construction and architecture / by Somers Clarke and R. Engelbach.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Dover books on architectureNew York : Dover Publications, 1990Description: xviii, 242 p., [66] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780486264851
  • 0486264858
Uniform titles:
  • Ancient Egyptian masonry
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 693.10932 22 C.S.A
LOC classification:
  • TH1201 .C55 1990
Online resources:
Contents:
I. The earliest Egyptian masonry -- III. Quarrying : soft rocks -- III Quarrying : hard rocks -- IV. transport barges -- V. preparations before building -- VI. Foundations -- VII. Mortar -- VIII. Handing the blocks -- IX. dressing and laying the blocks -- X. pyramid construction -- XI. pavements and column bases -- XII. columns -- XIII. Architraves, roofs, and provision against rain -- xiv. door and doorways -- XV. windows and ventilation openings -- XVI. stairs -- XVII. arches and reliving arches -- XVIII. facing, sculpturing, and painting the masonry -- xix. brickwork -- XX. Egyptian Mathematics
Summary: Counter Profusely illustrated description and analysis of actual building practices: quarrying methods, dressing and laying blocks of stone, brickwork, masonry, pyramid construction, Egyptian mathematics, tools, much else. Nearly 270 photographs and illustrations of sites and excavations, quarries, building plans, architect’s diagrams and elevations, and a myriad of construction details. Appendices
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Books Books Main library B8 Faculty of Engineering & Technology (Structural) 693.10932 C.S.A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00013256

"An unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1930 by Oxford University Press : Humphrey Milford, London, under the title Ancient Egyptian masonry : the building craft"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-232) and index.

I. The earliest Egyptian masonry -- III. Quarrying : soft rocks -- III Quarrying : hard rocks -- IV. transport barges -- V. preparations before building -- VI. Foundations -- VII. Mortar -- VIII. Handing the blocks -- IX. dressing and laying the blocks -- X. pyramid construction -- XI. pavements and column bases -- XII. columns -- XIII. Architraves, roofs, and provision against rain -- xiv. door and doorways -- XV. windows and ventilation openings -- XVI. stairs -- XVII. arches and reliving arches -- XVIII. facing, sculpturing, and painting the masonry -- xix. brickwork -- XX. Egyptian Mathematics

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Profusely illustrated description and analysis of actual building practices: quarrying methods, dressing and laying blocks of stone, brickwork, masonry, pyramid construction, Egyptian mathematics, tools, much else. Nearly 270 photographs and illustrations of sites and excavations, quarries, building plans, architect’s diagrams and elevations, and a myriad of construction details. Appendices

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