A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 171
ne for raising water. (See Hy-draulic Ram, below.) Hydraulic Ram. A mechanical device,operating aiitonuiticidly, for raising a smallipiantity of water by utilizing the force ob-tained by the fall of a large body of water,the height to which the water is raised beingoften many times greater than the… … BoU Ml-N NFP \Vn AN Ot TFR CfFSH \TFD PlRXPrT \rinWTNC Walls of Pompi.ii, Gimp^m^ 1tii\ Prub\il\ c 1 t Two Lines of2U0 LC B. Same as Rearing. RAISING PIECE. In carpentry, a pieceof timber like a wall plate. (See Bolster.) RAKE. Inclination or slope, a.s of a roof orof a Hight of steps in a…
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