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Excerpt from The Principles of Architecture, Containing the Fundamental Rules of the Art, in Geometry, Arithmetic, and Mensuration, Vol. 1 of 3: With the Application of Those Rules to Practice; The True Method of Drawing the Ichnography and Orthography of Objects, Geometrical Rules for Shadows, Also the Five Orders of Architecture
'it is principally to assist. The student in this important article, that I design the following work in which, I trust, it will appear, great pains have been taken to lay down the fundamental Principles of Architecture in 'a clear, distinct, and in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
