A New Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; the Gardens, ... To which are Added, Descriptions of ... Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham and Stow, ... A New Edition, Corrected, Much Enlarged, and Adorned with a Plan of the University and City, and Six Other PlatesJ. Cooke, 1798 - 152 pages |
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... placed to ad- vantage in a large apartment on the north fide of the Schools . In the Logic and Moral Philofophy School is the Collection of Marbles , Statues , Buftos , & c . which were many years at Eafton , the feat of the Earl of ...
... placed to ad- vantage in a large apartment on the north fide of the Schools . In the Logic and Moral Philofophy School is the Collection of Marbles , Statues , Buftos , & c . which were many years at Eafton , the feat of the Earl of ...
Page 10
... placed at the Top , 24 feet 6 inches high . 9 A Statue of Sabina , 6 feet 9 inches high . 10 A Venus de Medicis . 11 A fquare Roman Altar , foot 2 inches , by 1 foot 3 inches . 12 Terminus of Pan , 5 feet 7 inches high , wants an arm ...
... placed at the Top , 24 feet 6 inches high . 9 A Statue of Sabina , 6 feet 9 inches high . 10 A Venus de Medicis . 11 A fquare Roman Altar , foot 2 inches , by 1 foot 3 inches . 12 Terminus of Pan , 5 feet 7 inches high , wants an arm ...
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... placed here all the Rarities he had collected and purchased , par- ticularly from the two Tradefcants . The Building was completed in 1682 , under the conduct of Sir Christopher Wren , and is admired for its Symmetry and Elegance . The ...
... placed here all the Rarities he had collected and purchased , par- ticularly from the two Tradefcants . The Building was completed in 1682 , under the conduct of Sir Christopher Wren , and is admired for its Symmetry and Elegance . The ...
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... placed on the third Story , and the Atlas on the top . It is built in an open Field adjoining to the north fide of the Infirmary ; the Land a Benefaction of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough . The whole Building is 175 feet in length ...
... placed on the third Story , and the Atlas on the top . It is built in an open Field adjoining to the north fide of the Infirmary ; the Land a Benefaction of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough . The whole Building is 175 feet in length ...
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... placed an Equatorial Sector for the purpose of observing the Places of the Heavenly Bodies at any distance from the Meridian . The Duke of Marlborough was also pleased to pre- fent to this Obfervatory a Reflecting Telescope of twelve ...
... placed an Equatorial Sector for the purpose of observing the Places of the Heavenly Bodies at any distance from the Meridian . The Duke of Marlborough was also pleased to pre- fent to this Obfervatory a Reflecting Telescope of twelve ...
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