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1817 LIBRARIES angle rib arch architecture architrave Athens base beam bevel bisect building ceiling cement centre CHIGAN Church circle circular columns concave convex side cornice curve cylinder describe diameter divide dome door DORIC ORDER dotted lines draw the line drawn elevation ellipsis entablature Erechtheum erect face-mould falling-mould Fig's figures front string Gothic Revival Greek Revival Architecture groin half height horizontal inches inclination intersect joint Lafever Lafever's laths length lime line A B meet metopes MICHIGAN Minard Lafever mitre mortar mould number of equal obtained ordinate lines ornaments parallel Pausanias pediment perpendicular pitch-board plane plank plastering Plate points of division produce pronaos purlin radius rafters rail piece rake represent right angles riser roof round sand scroll semi-plan soffit square stairs stone straight line stretchout surface temple timber trusses UNIVE upper edge Vitruvius wall width