A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 283
separately for application to plasteredceilings. Recently centre pieces have beenmade of carton pierre and many other composi-tions, and in ceilings of thin metal the centrepieces may be very elaborate. CENTRING. A timber framework ormould, u])ou which the masonry of an archor vatdt is supported… … Centrixg for .\n .\RrHED Opening of Sm.vllSr.-ix. arch, and upon them the transverse laggingsare placed which support the stones of thearch. In small arches the laggings are planksforming a close surface; in larger works, eachcourse of arch stones is supported by a singlelight timber. The ribs are…
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