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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 813

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the projecting angle of the Doric corona. Scape. A term sometimes given to the shaftof a column, more commonly to the place whereit rises from the base. SciAGRAPHV. Another name for the section ofa building. Springing Course. The horizontal course of … stones whence an arch rises. Shingles. Small oaken boards, used likeslates to cover a building, from eight to twelveinches long, and about four broad, thicker at oneside than the other. This kind of roof is notfrec^uently used. Shank. The space between the channels of theDoric triglyph, which is…

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