 | Claudius James Rich - Babylon - 1839 - 494 pages
...western one hundred and thirty-six ; the elevation of the SE or highest angle, one hundred and forty-one feet. The western face, which is the least elevated,...up with chopped straw or reeds, and cemented with claymortar of great thickness, having between every layer a layer of reeds ; and on the north side... | |
 | Egypt - 1841 - 214 pages
...its height, with its sides facing the cardinal points. The measurement of the northern side being 200 yards in length; the southern 219 ; the eastern 182...The elevation of the south-east, or highest angle, he says, is 141 feet. The western face of the building is most interesting, on account of the appearance... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - Assyria - 1842 - 352 pages
...oblong shape, but irregular in its sides, which face the cardinal points — the northern one being 200 yards in length, the southern 219, the eastern 182, and the western 136. Its height is still more unequal, but at the highest point, which is the southeastern angle, it measures... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1844 - 372 pages
...its height, with its sides facing the cardinal points. The measurement of the northern side being 200 yards in length ; the southern 219 ; the eastern 182...The elevation of the south-east, or highest angle, he says, is 141 feet. The western face of the building is most interesting, on account of the appearance... | |
 | Child rearing - 1845 - 350 pages
...oblong shape, but irregular in its sides, which face the cardinal points — the northern one being 300 yards in length, the southern 219, the eastern 182, and the western 136. Its height is still more unequal, but at the highest point, which is the southeastern angle, it measures... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1850 - 346 pages
...its height, with its sides facing the cardinal points. The measurement of the northern side being 200 yards in length ; the southern 219 ; the eastern 182...The elevation of the south-east, or highest angle, he says, is 141 feet. The western face of the building is most interesting, on account of the appearance... | |
 | sir Austen Henry Layard - Babylon (Extinct city) - 1853 - 794 pages
...Benjamin of Tudola.) * P. 26. The dimensions of the mound, as given by Rich, are, the northern face, 200 yards in length; the southern, 219 ; the eastern, 182 ; and the western, 136. The elevation at the NE angle, 141 feet. masonry is not united by bituminous cement, as in the vaults, but apparently... | |
 | Sir Austen Henry Layard - Babylon (Extinct city) - 1853 - 752 pages
...Tudela.) » P. 26. The dimensions of the mound, as given by Rich, are, the northern face, 200yards in length; the southern, 219 ; the eastern, 182 ; and the western, 136. The elevation at the NE angle, 141 feet. masonry \e not united by bituminous cement, as in the vaults, but apparently... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - Seven Wonders of the World - 1854 - 332 pages
...hundred and thirty-six ; the elevation of the SE, or highest angle, one hundred and forty-one.feet. The western face, which is the least elevated, is...it appears a low wall, with interruptions, built of unburned bricks mixed up with chopped straw or reeds, and cemented with claymortar of great thickness,... | |
 | Seven wonders - Architecture, Ancient - 1854 - 384 pages
...height and the measurement of its sides, which face the cardinal points; the northern side being 200 yards in length, the southern 219, the eastern 182, and the western 136; the elevation of the SE, or highest angle, 141 feet. The western face, which is the least elevated, is the most interesting... | |
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The western face, which is the least elevated, is the most interesting on account of the appearance of building it presents. Near the summit of it appears a low wall, with interruptions, built of unburnt bricks, mixed up with chopped straw or reeds, and... 
