412

INDEX.

Walls (moenia), 31. 35. 247-

Walls (parietes), 56. 199- 203. 88. 21. 181. 3; brick, 56; middle(medii), 130; of burnt brick, 62.—Different sorts of brickand stone walling, represented, 350. 230. 252.

Water, on the method of finding, 230.—On rain-water, 234.—Onhot springs, and on the nature of various fountains, riversand lakes, 238.—On qualities of waters in certain places, 247-—On the means of judging of water, 249-—On levelling, andon instruments for that purpose, 250.—On the conducting ofwater, 252.—W'ater reverenced by Egyptian priests, 229-

Water-dials, for winter, 289,

Water-engines, 319-

Water-mills, 314.

Water-screw, 315. 311.

Wattled walls, 63.

Wedges, with concentric joints, 187-—Use of wedges, 332.

Weevil, 182.

Wells, on the digging of, 255.

White-lead, 225.

Wind-chest, 320.

Windlass, 6.

Windows, 105. 177-

Winds, 26; diagram of, 350.

Wine-cellar, 181.

Wines, various kinds of, 242.

Wings. See Aisles.

Winter-rooms, 208.

Withy (vitex), 67-

Wonders, of the world, 196.

Wooden pins, 203.

Work (buildings), kinds of, 57; in plaster, 152 ; stucco, 202, 203.207. 214; in sand, 11; foundations, 88; ornamental, 207-214; carpenters’’, 104; plasterers’, 152; joiners’, 104. 112.130.172.184. 65; marble, 203; plaster, 203. 152. 214. 56;

N reticulatum, 56; signinum, 46. 155. 252; decorative, 145.

Worshippers, in temples, face the east, 114.