A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 644
WOOD, CONSTRUCTION IN, PART I., FIG. 3: HOUSE AT RUETI. SOLID BUILDING OF SQUAREDTI.MBEK OR THICK PLANK, SIMILAR TO A LOG HOUSE. THE VERTICAL RIDGE IN THEMIDDLE OF THE GABLE WALL DENOTES A PARTITION. OUTSIDE SHUTTERS SLIDEHORIZONTALLY. 1117 1118 WOOD antl sometimes oniniilicatel variations of… … Wood, Construction in, Part I., Fig. 4. Christopher Wren and his followers in theeighteenth eeutnry showed great skill and in-genuity in adapting the ])rinciple of the king orqueen post truss to the framing of church roofs,in which the visible ceilings were flat, arched,or vaulted in plaster. A…
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