. A discourse of the Roman foot, and Denarius: from whence, as from two principles, the measures, and weights, used by the ancients, may be deduced . The uppermoft line b c,over the figures CXX, intheinnermoft, and tieepeft fatt of the ingravingjis inength4EngUfti feet, and rsef The lowermoft line A «j /£nthe inncrmoftj and dec- ;peft part of the ingraVing, isin length 4 feec ^.^.fi i The. ? The ftately gate, or entrance,into the Panthe-on, or Temple built by Agripfa in Rome, thejambes,an<itop,andbottome of it,bcing all ofone intire marole ftone, is in breadth betweenthe , or fides,
. A discourse of the Roman foot, and Denarius: from whence, as from two principles, the measures, and weights, used by the ancients, may be deduced . The uppermoft line b c,over the figures CXX, intheinnermoft, and tieepeft fatt of the ingravingjis inength4EngUfti feet, and rsef The lowermoft line A «j /£nthe inncrmoftj and dec- ;peft part of the ingraVing, isin length 4 feec ^.^.fi i The. ? The ftately gate, or entrance,into the Panthe-on, or Temple built by Agripfa in Rome, thejambes,an<itop,andbottome of it,bcing all ofone intire marole ftone, is in breadth betweenthe , or fides, feme three inches abovethe bottome, and fome nine inches within,nineteen feet ^Ul The Porta fanEia^ on the right hand of thefrontifpice of Saint Pf^^^-j Church in Rome^ is inbreadth on the pavement, or threftiold, be-tween the jambes, or fides of the entrance, ele-ven feet il4l The great gate, or entrance, which is themiddlemoft of the five in the frontifpice of SaincPeters Onwtch m RomCi the doors of which arecovered with leaves of bralTe, with very fair andexquifite figures, is in breadth on the pavement jor threfhold, between the jambes, orlides of it,eleven feet -l-Xl The meafures being fixed, we may likewifefixe the weights in this manner; by making aveflell of a cubicall figure,anfwerable to the pro-portion of any one of thefe feet, or palms, orbraces, which aredefcribed in t
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