 | English essays - 1860 - 728 pages
...and most ingenious men ; they worked experimentally ; if their buildings were strong enough, there they stood ; if they were too strong, they also stood...good practical science it was, but in many cases they imperilled their work and gave trouble to future restorers. The learned Professor concluded amidst... | |
 | Archaeology - 1860 - 578 pages
...practical and most ingenious men ; they worked experimentally ; if their buildings were strong enough there they stood ; if they were too strong they also stood...science, and very good practical science it was, but iu many cases they imperilled their work and gave trouble to future restorers. The learned Professor... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1860 - 844 pages
...and most ingenious men ; they worked experimentally ; if their buildings were strong enough, there they stood ; if they were too strong, they also stood...science, and very good practical science it was, but ArchcBological Institute, Gloucester. 275 in many cases they imperilled their work and gave trouble... | |
 | Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer - Cathedrals - 1892 - 440 pages
...masonry, he believed they had none. They were perfectly practical and ingenious men; they worked experi2O* mentally; if their buildings were strong enough, they...their work and gave trouble to future restorers." 3io The Norman vaulting still remains in the north aisle, and by comparison we see that Thokey chose... | |
 | Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé - Cathedrals - 1898 - 154 pages
...and most ingenious men ; they worked experimentally : if their buildings were strong enough, there they stood; if they were too strong, they also stood...their science— and very good practical science it was—but in many cases they imperilled their work, and gave trouble to future restorers. The arrangement... | |
 | Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé - Cathedrals - 1900 - 154 pages
...and most ingenious men ; they worked experimentally : if their buildings were strong enough, there they stood ; if they were too strong, they also stood...practical science it was — but in many cases they imperilled their work, and gave trouble to future restorers. The arrangement of the buildings differs... | |
 | George Gordon Coulton - Architecture, Gothic - 1928 - 708 pages
...practical and ingenious men; they worked experimentally; if their buildings were strong enough there they stood ; if they were too strong, they also stood...good practical science it was, but in many cases they imperilled their work and gave trouble to future restorers." (b) Compare what Quicherat says of the... | |
 | Archaeology - 1860 - 436 pages
...and most ingenious men ; the.y worked experimentally ; if their buildings were strong enough there they stood ; if they were too strong they also stood...good practical science it was, but in many cases they imperilled their work and gave trouble to future restorers. The learned Professor concluded amidst... | |
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They were perfectly practical and most ingenious men ; the.y worked experimentally ; if their buildings were strong enough there they stood ; if they were too strong they also stood ; but if they were too weak they gave way, and they put props and built... 