A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 521
(v.). To lay up, as an arch, in brickor stone on a temporarj- centring. TURNBOUT Same a.s Turnbiickle. TURNBUCKIiE. A liglit anil left screw-coupling in the form of a link, both ends ofwhich screw on the separated ends of a rod orbar, so that by turning the buckle tiie tensionof the rod or bar may… … Turret ; Tower with Staircase Turret ;Goring, O.kfordshire ; c. 1120. TURPIN. JEAN ; architect and sculptor. With Antoiue Avernier, Arnoul Boulin, andAlexandre Huet he made the stalls of the cathe-dral of Amiens (Somme, France), finished in1522. Gilbert, Cuthedralp dAmiens. TURRET. A small tower;…
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