A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 385
the Work ; Syri.\,4th Century. including in the largest sense the rough shapingof Rubble and the like, and also the finishing ofthe faces as well as tiie beds and joints of stonesfor building. The scientific part of it, as thedrafting and calculation, is called Stereotomy.The finer tooling of the… … Stone Cltti.sg, Fig. 2: Detail oi a Te.mIle atThebes. Masonry the difterent processes are described. It is proposed to give here a brief historical account of building by means of stone, and, 645 STONE CUTTING therefore. Stone Setting (which see) must beconsidered together with stone cutting,…
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