A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 120
Bali, Flowers fkom Kixo.sthorpe Church, NORTHAMPTONSHUIE; LaTF. I.StII CkNTURY. closed over an inner ball, and is repeated atshort intervals to give jioints of light iu thedarkness of the hollow. Isolated four-part ballflowers are sometimes found in late Xormaiiwork. (Cut, col. 195.)194 BALL LEVER… … Ball Flowers: Window Tracery of Glouces-ter CaTHEDUAL, HTH CliXTURY. BALL LEVER. A brass or copper rodluivinj; a tiinuil copper l)all float attached atone end, wliile tlie otlier end operates the ballcock, as in cisterns or tanks. As the waterrises, the ball floats and moves the lever, whichtho-i…
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