 | 1847 - 502 pages
...that after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on to give a clearness of outline to each individual...washed down in several places by the trickling of water for threeand-twenty centuries, and it lies in flakes upon the foot-ledge like thin layers of... | |
 | William Sandys Wright Vaux - 1850 - 488 pages
...that, after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline to each individual...washed down in several places, by the trickling of water for three-and- twenty centuries, and it lies in flakes upon the foot ledge like thin layers of... | |
 | 1852 - 374 pages
...us, " after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of silicious varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline to each individual...protect the surface against the action of the elements." From the inscription itself, Major Rawlinson concludes that it was made in the 5th year of the reign... | |
 | Joseph Bonomi - 1852 - 434 pages
...that after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of siliceous varnish had been. laid on, to give a clearness of outline to each individual...washed down in several places by the trickling of water for three-and-twenty centuries, and it lies in flakes upon the foot-ledge like thin layers of... | |
 | William Smith - 1854 - 1130 pages
...that, after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on to give a clearness of outline to each individual...washed down in several places by the trickling of water for three and twenty centuries, and it lies in flakes upon the fooUledge like thin layers of... | |
 | William Smith - 1854 - 2066 pages
...that, -after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, ะป coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on to give a clearness of outline to each individual...and to protect the surface against the action of the elementa. This varnish is of infinitely greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has... | |
 | Joseph Bonomi - 1857 - 582 pages
...varnish had been laid on, to give a clear1 Porter's Travels, vol. ip 150. PILLAR AT KELI SHUT. 141 ness of outline to each individual letter, and to protect...washed down in several places by the trickling of water for three-and-twenty centuries, and it lies in flakes upon the foot-ledge like thin layers of... | |
 | Joseph Bonomi - 1857 - 592 pages
...coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on, to give a clear1 Porter's TrareU, vol. ip 150. ness of outline to each individual letter, and to protect...hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. It has heen washed down in several places by the trickling of water for three-and-twenty centuries, and it... | |
 | Babylon - 1860 - 398 pages
...that after the engraving of the rock had been accomplished, a coating of siliceous varnish had been laid on, to give a clearness of outline to each individual...washed down in several places by the trickling of water for three and twenty centuries, and it lies in flakes upon the foot ledge like thin layers of... | |
 | Ellen Henrietta Ranyard - 1865 - 620 pages
...varnish has given a clearness of outline to each individual letter, and this varnish is now far harder than the limestone rock beneath it. It has been washed down in several places by the trickling of water for three-and-twenty centuries, and lies in flakes on a foot-ledge like thin layers of lavu ;... | |
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... varnish had been laid on to give a clearness of outline to each individual letter, and to protect the surface against the action of the elements. This varnish is of infinitely greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it. 
