10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBELISCOID»
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1
A Short History of the Egyptian Obelisks
Though the obelisk of Heliopolis is the only one that is now erect, yet there exists
at Biggeg, or Crocodilopolis in the Fayoum, an obeliscoid monolith originally
erected by Usirtesen ; it cannot be properly called an obelisk, for it differs
essentially ...
William Ricketts Cooper, François Joseph Chabas, 1877
2
Cotton in Egypt: Report by Acting Consul-general Grant, of Cairo
On a smaller scale, in modern times, the obeliscoid form has been commonly
devoted to the honor of the dead, like that which stands on a knoll in Rockland
Cemetery, where lies asleep he who brought over to us our Obelisk ...
... it is now too late to determine; but at the present moment an obeliscoid
monolith of red granite, broken into two fragments by its fall, lies partly buried in
the ground at that place. The measurement of the two fragments gives a total
length of 43 ...
1-1 J.) Shell obeliscoid, rather thick, opaque, but glossy: sculpture, numerous and
somewhat curved longitudinal ribs, of which there are from 30 to 40 on the Inst
whorl ; these are crossed by 3 spiral striae on each whorl, so as to cause by their
...
Zoological Society of London, 1885
5
Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Zoological ...
I consider this character important. Stilus insignis2, Jeffreys. (Plate VI. figs. 1-1 b.)
Shell obeliscoid, rather thick, opnque, but glossy : sculpture, numerous and
somewhat curved longitudinal ribs, of which there are from 30 to 40 on the last
whorl ...
6
The Geological Record for ...
Four obeliscoid stones are described as formed from the breaking down and
redistribution of pro-existing igneous rocks ; the microscopic slice shews fluidal
structure in the ground-mass : they are harder than quartz ; in one the percentage
of ...
William Whitaker, William Herbert Dalton, William Topley, 1880
7
Sessional Papers Read at the Royal Institute of British ...
In the exceptional instance of the obelisk of Biggeg or Crocodilopolis in the
Fayoum, called by Mr. W. R. Cooper an obeliscoid monolith in his able book on
this subject, the faces are 6 ft. 9 in. broad, the sides only 4 ft. thick. Our London
obelisk ...
In the exceptional instance of the obelisk of Biggeg or Crocodilopolis in the
Fayoum, called by Mr. W. R. Cooper an obeliscoid monolith in his able book on
this subject, the faces are 6 ft. 9 in. broad, the sides only 4 ft. thick. Our London
obelisk ...
Royal Institute of British Architects, 1878
9
Great Stone Monuments in History and Geography
The prostrate obeliscoid column of Begilg near Crocodilopolis, in the fertile valley
of Fayum, differs in the shape of its shaft and form of the apex from the others. Its
sides are unequal and bear representations of beings ' formerly worshipped.
Jesse Walter Fewkes, 1913
10
Sightseeking: Clues to the Landscape History of New England
The form and mass of the obelisk presented great technical challenges to the
artificer; indeed, the earliest attempts were no more than flat slate gravestones
cut to an obeliscoid outline, as in two 1798 examples in Concord and Plymouth
MA.
Christopher J. Lenney, 2005
