 | Charles Edward Moldenke - Obelisks - 1891 - 220 pages
...prefecture of Barbaras. It was then transported to Alexandria and placed in front of the Ceesareum, the temple of the Csesars, with the obelisk at present in London. During the transportation a largeportion of the edges at the base was very badly damaged. Four large bronze crabs were then placed... | |
 | Louis B. Grant - Agriculture - 1892 - 360 pages
...was to break off the 1 Shaw, op. cit., 411. Also Pococke, op. cit., I, 7. edges at the bottom. . . . During the transportation, a large portion of the edges at the base was very badly damaged."1 Such rude and clumsy handling, however, is not likely, in view of the known skill of the... | |
 | Alexis Anastay Julien - Central Park (New York, N.Y.) - 1893 - 176 pages
...Shaw, op. cit., 411. Also Pococke, op. cit., I, 7. 2 Gorringe, idem, 102. edges at the bottom. . . . During the transportation, a large portion of the edges at the base was very badly damaged."1 Such rude and clumsy handling, however, is not likely, in view of the known skill of the... | |
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Gorringe, idem, 102. edges at the bottom. . . . During the transportation, a large portion of the edges at the base was very badly damaged."1 Such rude and clumsy handling, however, is not likely, in view of the known skill of the Roman engineers: their... 