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Excerpt from Monograph of the Washington National Monument: Dedicatory Ceremonies, February 21, 1885; Historical Note; Concise Description of the Monument; Date of the Great Work; Memorial Blocks Presented for Insertion in the Interior Walls of the Shaft; Inscription on Apex and Corner-Stone Plate
Two port Openings or windows are provided in each Of the four faces Of the py ramidion, or roof, 4 feet above the land Ing at level 500 feet, being on three sides 18 inches by 3 feet, and on the east 2 feet by 3 feet. The Windows have swinging. Closures Of marble to protect the interior from in clemency Of weather. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.