A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 226
,producinj; internally the ettect of a series ofarches; or, when the arched membei-s wereceiled, of a cradle vault. ROOF kind are the metal-covered roofs of Europe andAmerica in which the slope is often half an inchto a foot or one in twenty-four. The plates ofmetal in these cases must be soldered… … Roof: with Collar Be^M, vnd Braces {K>^^E RitTEKs), 1 th LkmiCastle, Shropshire. Hall of bxoKESAY Curb Roof. One in which the slope is brokenon two or four sides; so called because a hori-zontal curb is built at the plane where the slopechanges (see Curb, D; Gambrel Roof; FrenchRoof; Mansard…
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