A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 392
to the Work; Syria,4tk Century. iiichiding in the largest sen.sc the rough shapingof Rubble and the like, and also tlie finishing ofthe taces as well as the beds and joints of stonesfor building. The scientific part of it, as thedrafting and calculation, is called Stereotouiy.The finer tooling of… … Stone Cutting, Fig. 2: Hkiail m-Thebes. Masonry the ditterent processes are described. It is proposed to give here a brief historical account of building by means of stone, and, 645 STONE CUTTING therefore, Stone Setting (which see) must be(H)nsi<ler(d together witii stone cutting, becausethe…
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