A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 204
s Bridgingor Herringbone Bridging (which see mulerliridgiiig). BRACKET. A member jirepared for carry-ing a weight whicii overliaiigs or projects, as aluojecting story of a buihiing, or a shelf Tiiisis tiie general term ; and although it would notbe apjilied, often, to a cantilever, a corWl, a… … BRAMANTE at the foot. If, tlierefore, a bracket is .seciircdto a wall along the whole heiglit of its verticalmember, tlie more tlie horizontal member aboveis loaded, as witii a balcony, bay window, or thelike, the more of a pull is exercised ujion thewall innncdiately Ijclow tlii.s projecting…
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