A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 303
tural sujjports being reduced to a mini-mum, so as to give the greatest possible s]>acefor dis|ilay of goods. SHORE. A piece of timber to support awall, usually set in a diagonal or oblique jiosi-tion, to hold the wall in place wiiile the underpart of it is taken out for repairs, or for… … Under this head will be included the processof raising buildings, and the process of movingbuildings from place to place. The ordinary method by which buildings areshored is shown in Fig. 1, which is a crosssection of a wall held by needles through themedium of jack screws resting upon tempo-rarj…
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