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Dimension regulated the general scale of the work, so that the parts may all tell and be effective.

Music assists him in the use of harmonic and mathematical proportion.

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

The thickness of the walls should be sufficient for two armed men to pass each other with ease.

Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt.

Marble is not alike in all countries.

Wind is a floating wave of air, whose undulation continually varies.