A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 166
e. B. A machine for raising water. (See Hy-draulic Ram. below.) Hydraulic Ram. A mechanical device,operating automatically, for raising a smallquantity of water by utilizing the force ob-tained by the fall of a large body of water,the height to which the water is raised beingoften many times… … Rampakt lAnnYixr, an Inner and an Oiter Crknelated Parapet, allowing of Two Lines ofBowmen, etc. Walls of Pompeii, Ca3IP.\nia, Italy; Probably c. 200 B.C. B. Same as Rearing. RAISING PIECE. In carpentry, a pieceof timber like a wall plate. (See Bolster.) RAKE. Inclination or slope, as of a roof…
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