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_b.C55 1990
082 0 0 _a693.10932
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_bC.S.A
100 1 _aClarke, Somers,
_d1841-1926.
240 1 0 _aAncient Egyptian masonry
245 1 0 _aAncient Egyptian construction and architecture /
_cby Somers Clarke and R. Engelbach.
260 _aNew York :
_bDover Publications,
_c1990.
264 _aNew York :
_bDover Publications,
_c1990.
300 _axviii, 242 p., [66] p. of plates :
_bill., map ;
_c24 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
490 0 _aDover books on architecture
500 _a"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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [230]-232) and index.
505 0 _aI. 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
520 _aCounter 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
650 0 _aBuilding, Stone
_zEgypt
_xHistory.
650 0 _aArchitecture, Ancient
_zEgypt
_xHistory.
700 1 _aEngelbach, Reginald,
_d1888-1946.
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/dover033/90042547.html
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