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abacus ACCORDING amphiprostyle analemma angles antae architect architraves arranged atriums ballistae bath beams bottom breadth bronze buildings built burnt brick capital Capricornus cella centre CHAPTER Chersiphron circumference colonnades colour columns constructed Corinthian coronae Ctesibius cymatium described digits Doric drum earth equal fastened fire firmament foot Fra Giocondo give gnomon GREEK FEET Greeks call half heat height Hence hole houses hundred intercolumniations Ionic IONIC ORDER kinds laid length lime machine marble means metopes middle module moisture mortar nature oeci PALAESTRA pass peristyle pipes POMPEII pounds principles pronaos quarter rafters right and left river roof rooms round sand scaena shafts sheaves side space springs square stars stone stucco stylobate symmetrical proportions tablinum temple theatre thickness things third tion triglyphs vessel VITRUVIUS walls wheel width windlass winds