A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 651
WOOD, CONSTRUCTION IN, PART I., FIG. 3: HOUSE AT RUim. SOI.in Kl II.1.IN(, Oh M I \HEI)TIMBER OR THICK PLANK, SIMILAR TO A LOG HOUSE. THE \ ERTlCAL RIDwE IN I HEMIDDLE OF THE GABLE WALL DENOTES A PARTITION. OUTSU)E SHUTTERS SLIDE HORIZONTALLY. 1118 ■WOOD and sometimes complicated variations of… … Wood, Coxstklction in, Part I., Fig. 4. Christopher Wren and his followers in theeighteenth century showed great skill and in-genuity in adapting the principle of the king orqueen ])ost truss to the framing of church roofs,in which the visible ceilings were flat, arched,or vaulted in plaster. A…
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