 | Pliny (the Elder.) - Natural history - 1857 - 568 pages
...mentioned also by Suetonius, in his life of Nero. Patrobius was slain by order of the Emperor Galba. within a frame of boards, constructed on either side....centuries, are proof against rain, wind, and fire, and are superior in solidity to any cement. Even at this day, Spain still beholds watch-towers that... | |
 | Women - 446 pages
...solidity of his structure, as well for its durabilitj-, than upon the stones." The upper storeys were built by enclosing earth within a frame of boards constructed on either side. To this day, the houses in Algiers and Tunis are built of rubble, small stones, and cement. The walls... | |
 | Clough Williams-Ellis - Agriculture, Domestic - 1919 - 168 pages
...we not in Africa and in Spain walls of earth, known as ' Jormocean ' walls? From the fact that they are moulded, rather than built, by enclosing earth...centuries, are proof against rain, wind, and fire, and are superior in solidity to any cement. Even at this day Spain still holds watch-towers that were... | |
 | Clough Williams-Ellis - Architecture, Domestic - 1920 - 186 pages
...we not in Africa and in Spain walls of earth, known as ' formocean ' walls? From the fact that they are moulded, rather than built, by enclosing earth...centuries, are proof against rain, wind, and fire, and are superior in solidity to any cement. Even at this day Spain still holds watch-towers that were... | |
 | Karl Johan Ellington - Architecture, Domestic - 1924 - 128 pages
..."Have we not in Africa and in Spain walls of earth, known as 'formacean' walls? From the fact that they are moulded, rather than built, by enclosing earth...centuries, are proof against rain, wind and fire, and are superior in solidity to any cement. Even at this day Spain still holds watch-towers that were... | |
 | Karl Johan Ellington - Architecture, Domestic - 1924 - 124 pages
..."Have we not in Africa and in Spain walls of earth, known as 'formacean' walls? From the fact that they are moulded, rather than built, by enclosing earth...centuries, are proof against rain, wind and fire, and are superior in solidity to any cement. Even at this day Spain still holds watch-towers that were... | |
 | Edward Warren Coffin, Harry Baker Humphrey - Building - 1924 - 106 pages
...earth called formocean walls from the fact that they are moulded rather than built by enclosing the earth within a frame of boards constructed on either...walls will last for centuries, are proof against rain, frost and fire, and are superior in solidity to any cement. Even at this day Spain has watch towers... | |
 | Engineering - 1924 - 348 pages
...History The earliest records of this type of construction moulded rather than built, by enclosing the earth within a frame of boards constructed on either...walls will last for centuries, are proof against rain, frost, and fire, and are superior in solidity to any cement. Even at this day, Spain has watchtowers... | |
 | John Fitchen - Architecture - 1989 - 346 pages
..."Have we not in Africa and in Spain walls of earth, known as 'formocean' walls? From the fact that they are moulded, rather than built, by enclosing earth...centuries, are proof against rain, wind, and fire, and are superior in solidity to any cement. Even at this day Spain still holds watch-towers that were... | |
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Have we not in Africa and in Spain walls of earth, known as ' formocean ' walls? From the fact that they are moulded, rather than built, by enclosing earth within a frame of boards, constructed on either side. These walls will last for centuries, are... 