. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . rees and branch-es leaning together at top, and forming a conical figure, plasteredwith mud, succeeded more convenient, square, roofed, habitations; thesides of these habitations, and the inner supports of the cross beamsof the roofs, being trunks of trees ; from them were derived thosebeautiful, and symmetrical columns, the orders of Architecture. Although this art
. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . rees and branch-es leaning together at top, and forming a conical figure, plasteredwith mud, succeeded more convenient, square, roofed, habitations; thesides of these habitations, and the inner supports of the cross beamsof the roofs, being trunks of trees ; from them were derived thosebeautiful, and symmetrical columns, the orders of Architecture. Although this art was cultivated by the ancient Egyptians, Assy«rians, and Persians, yet the Greeks justly claim the honor of havingraised the first structures in which elegance and symmetry were com-bined with comfort and convenience in the plan. The established five orders of architecture, the Tuscan, the Doric,the Ionic, the ( orinthian, and the Composite, were brought to perfec-tion under the Greeks and Romans. Modern efforts have added littleor nothing to the beauty and symmetry orthese columns, and the partsdependent on them ; but much has been done in the internal improve-ment of mansions and houses. THE FIVE ORDERS OF
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