I knew that you could not say to yourself 'stereotomy' without being brought to think of atomies, and thus of the theories of Epicurus; and since, when we discussed this subject not very long ago, I mentioned to you how singularly, yet with how little notice, the vague guesses of that noble Greek had met with confirmation in the late nebular cosmogony, I felt that you could not avoid casting your eyes upward to the great nebula in Orion, and I certainly expected that you would do so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales.] Reference

Note 183: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, stereometry is "the art or science of measuring solids," whereas stereotomy is "the art of cutting stones or other solid bodies into measured forms, as in masonry.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro] Reference

"Pacioli believed that stereotomy, the careful 'geometrizing' of stone through cutting and polishing, could transmute and spiritualize lowly matter, evoking St. John's Heavenly Jersualem made of 'pure gold resembling pure glass.'".    From Wordnik.com.  [Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro] Reference

'What with their courses of perspective, of descriptive geometry, of stereotomy, of building, and of the history of art -- ah! upon my word, they do make one blacken paper with notes.    From Wordnik.com.  [His Masterpiece] Reference

Here your countenance brightened up, and, perceiving your lips move, I could not doubt that you murmured the word 'stereotomy,' a term very affectedly applied to this species of pavement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1] Reference

Here your countenance brightened up, and, perceiving you lips move, I could not doubt that you murmured the word ` stereotomy, 'a term very affectedly applied to this species of pavement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Murders in the Rue Morgue] Reference

In the course of the last sixty years, many new sciences have taken their place in the category of our knowledge, among which is stereotomy, descriptive geometry, and the chemistry of gas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Physiology of Taste] Reference

It comprehends mathematics, analysis applied to descriptive geometry and to the mechanism of solids and fluids, stereotomy, drawing, civil architecture, fortification, general physics, chymistry, mineralogy, and their application to the arts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paris as It Was and as It Is] Reference

I knew that you could not say to yourself ` stereotomy 'without being brought to think of atomies, and thus of the theories of Epicurus; and since, when we discussed this subject not very long ago, I mentioned to you how singularly, yet with how little notice, the vague guesses of that noble Greek had met with confirmation in the late nebular cosmogony, I felt that you could not avoid casting your eyes upward to the great nebula in Orion, and I certainly expected that you would do so.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Murders in the Rue Morgue] Reference

Music, project, rebel, soundtrack, stereotomy, teenager.    From Wordnik.com.  [2004 February — Climb to the Stars] Reference

In the third year the course is extended to the theory of decoration, color, form, and proportion; conventionalism, symbolism, the decorative arts, stained glass, fresco painting, tiles, terra-cotta, original designs, specifications, integral calculus, strength of materials, dynamics, bridges and roofs, stereotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884] Reference