A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 189
dge.) RIB. A motilding on an arched or flat ceil-ing ; but specificallj and more properly, inmediaeval vaulting, an arch, generally moulded,forming part of the skeleton upon which restthe intermediate concave surfaces which consti-tute the shell or closure of the vault. Thecrowning intersections of… … REVERBERATION. The process of reflec-tion of sound by the walls whereby it isreturned into the room, as distinguished fromtransmission or absorption. This results in aprolongation of the sound, or, if the source con-tinues to act, in cumulative intensity. It is tobe carefullv distinguished from…
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