Essay on the Theory and History of Cohesive Construction

R. Guastavino

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It was in October, 1871, when I made my acquaintance with this estate, which is four miles from the railroad station -of Alhama, Aragon, a noted hot-spring resort. Here, in that Monasterio de Piedra, I saw a grotto of immense grandeur, one of the most sub lime and extraordinary works of nature. Imagine Trinity Church, Boston, covered by an immense natural vault, supported by walls of the same nature, with gigantic stalactites of all kinds of forms and dimensions, like great chandeliers, hanging from above; the floor a lake, receiving the whole light through an immense ventinel or opening, like a rosette window in a cathedral, covered by the fall of the full mass of water of the river Jalon, its builder, passes over the vault and precipitated more than two hundred feet, taking the form in its fall of a horse's tail, which is the source of its name, Cola de Caballo.

Sujets

• Sciences et techniques

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• Publié par: Forgotten Books
• Date de parution: 27 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780243668878
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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