Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 416
e cast metal. In better work, however, the cast brassor bronze should preferably be used, in which the metal is castfrom ^ to -j^g inch thick; these are the strongest type used. For the last few years there has been a tendency to adopt thetypes of Colonial days, and nowhere is this tendency seen… … Fig. 43. Spun liriis.s Knob. 339 28 HARDWARE have a charm which knobs do not possess; but in the case of mortisedfixtures of the type usually operated by knobs, they are frequently—in fact, generally—out of place. Knockers as now used are only for ornament, being rarely usedby callers for summoning…
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