a monument of skill in of 16 inches in diameter and about 50 feet in length. It is true that there are flaws in many parts, which show that the casting is imperfect; but when we consider the extreme difficulty of manufacturing a pillar of such vast dimensions,... Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal - Page xvii1865Full view - About this book
| Sir Alexander Cunningham - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1871 - 614 pages
...are flaws in many parts, which shew that the welding is imperfect ; but when we consider the extreme difficulty of manufacturing a pillar of such vast...wonder will not be diminished by knowing that the welding of the bar is defective. The total height of the pillar above ground is 22 feet, but the smooth... | |
| 1872 - 800 pages
...are flaws in many parts, which show that the casting is imperfect ; but when we consider the extreme difficulty of manufacturing a pillar of such vast...casting of the bar is defective. "The total height above ground is 22 feet, that of the capital 3J feet, and that of the rough part near the ground the... | |
| Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - Science - 1873 - 542 pages
...are flaws in many parts, which show that the casting is imperfect; but when we consider the extreme difficulty of manufacturing a pillar of such vast...and the rough part of the shaft below also 3^ feet (see drawing). But its depth under ground is considerably greater* than its height above ground, as... | |
| Engineering - 1874 - 612 pages
...are flaws in many parts, which show that the casting is imperfect ; but when we consider the extreme difficulty of manufacturing a pillar of such vast...The total height of the pillar above ground is '22 ft., but the smooth shaft is only 15 ft., the capital being 3| ft., and the rough part of the shaft... | |
| St. John Vincent Day - Archaeology - 1877 - 426 pages
...in " many parts, which show that the casting (sic) is im" perfect ; but when we consider the extreme difficulty " of manufacturing a pillar of such vast...the pillar above ground is 22 feet, but the smooth " Prinsep's Essays on Indian Antiquities (1858), vol. i., p. 319-321. No "doubt is there expressed... | |
| St. John Vincent Day - 1877 - 326 pages
...in " many parts, which show that the casting (sic) is im" perfect ; but when we consider the extreme difficulty " of manufacturing a pillar of such vast...the pillar above ground is 22 feet, but the smooth "Prinsep's Essays on Indian Antiquities (1858), vol. i., p. 319-321. No " doubt is there expressed... | |
| Henry George Keene - Delhi (India) - 1882 - 142 pages
...exceptions he concludes that nothing now exists here that is older than the tenth or eleventh century. The total height of the pillar above ground is 22 feet, but its depth underground (formerly believed to be much greater) was ascertained, by one of General Cunningham's... | |
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