 The earth of the trench was first of all laid in heaps, and when a sufficient quantity was obtained, made into square bricks, and baked in a furnace. They used as cement a composition of heated bitumen, which, mixed with the tops of reeds, was placed...  Herodotus - Page 40by Herodotus - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Herodotus - 1812 - 478 pages
...as cement, a composition of heated bitumen, which, mixed with the tops of reeds, was placed betwixt every thirtieth course of bricks. Having thus lined...circumference of the wall, at different distances, were an hundred massy gates of brass "*, whose hinges and frames were of the same metal. Within tation, a cubit... | |
 | Francesco Milizia - Architects - 1826 - 462 pages
...for cement a composition of heated bitumen, which, mixed with the tops of reeds, was placed betwixt every thirtieth course of bricks. Having thus lined...they proceeded to build the wall in the same manner. Pliny, lib. vi. cap. 26, says, that Babylon contained on each side 60 Roman miles. Diodorus Siculus... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 472 pages
...as cement, a composition of heated bitumen, which, mixed with the tops of reeds, was placed betwixi every thirtieth course of bricks. Having thus lined...circumference of the wall, at different distances, were an 3 Buoy/oil.]— The greatest cities of Europe give but a faint idea of that grandeur which all historians... | |
 | James Rennell - Geography, Ancient - 1830 - 588 pages
...as cement, a composition of heated bitumen, which, mixed with the tops of reeds, was placed betwixt every thirtieth course of bricks. Having thus lined...which, and fronting each other, they erected small watch towers of one story, leaving a space betwixt them, through which a chariot and four horses might... | |
 | William Hales - Bible - 1830 - 532 pages
...queen, whom Herodotus calls Nilocris, until it became the wonder of the world. leaving a space between them, through which a chariot and four horses might...turn. In the circumference of the wall, at different intervals, were a hundred massy gates of brass, whose hinges and frames were of die same metal. The... | |
 | Ern. Frid. Car Rosenmüller - Asia, Central - 1836 - 706 pages
...as cement, a composition of heated bitumen, which, mixed with the tops of reeds, was placed betwixt every thirtieth course of bricks.* Having thus lined...which, and fronting each other, they erected small watch towers of one storey, leaving a space betwixt them, through which a • Mignan says (Trav. p.... | |
 | Samuel Ransom - 1840 - 500 pages
...as cement a composition of heated bitumen, which, mixed with the tops of reeds, was placed between every thirtieth course of bricks. Having thus lined...erected small watch-towers of one story, leaving a space between them, through which a chariot and four horses might pass and turn. In the circumference of... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Cities and towns, Ancient - 1841 - 370 pages
...as cement a composition of heated bitumen, which, mixed with the tops of reeds, was placed between every thirtieth course of bricks. Having thus lined...of the trench, they proceeded to build the wall in a similar manner ; on the summit of which, and fronting each other, they erected small watchtowers... | |
 | Egypt - 1841 - 214 pages
...full of water. On the top were erected small watch towers, of one story high, leaving a space between them through which a chariot and four horses might...pass and turn. In the circumference of the wall, at stated intervals, were a hundred massy gates of brass, whose hinges and frames were of the same metal.... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - History, Ancient - 1846 - 414 pages
...as cement a composition of heated bitumen, which, mixed with the tops of reeds, was placed between every thirtieth course of bricks. Having thus lined...which, and fronting each other, they erected small watch towers of one story, leaving a space between them, through which a chariot and four horses might... | |
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