A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 378
w, or edict, or a treaty between two nations,would be recorded in an inscription upon a steleset up in an appropriate place. In some casesa sunken panel is filled by a bas-relief of a fewfigures, such as some in the Acropolis at Athens.The largest stelai known were erected on thegraves of… … Steeple of S. Stephens Cathedral, Vienna,Austria. STENCH TRAP. In plumbing, any formof trap wiiicli, by means of a water seal, is in-tendeil to iirevent the passage of no.xious gasesfiom the sewers into a hnuse. STENCIL; STENCIL PLATE. A thinplate of metal, or sheet of paper, perforated618 STEP…
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