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A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 125

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B.tLL Flowers from Kingsthorpf. Church,Northamptonshire; Late IISth Century. closed over an inner ball, and is repeated atshort intervals to give points of light in thedarkness of the hollow. Isolated four-part ballflowers are sometimes found in late Normanwork. (Cut, col. 195.)194 BALL LEVER … Ball Flowkks. \\ini)ii\\ I i. m i.i.i op Gloihes-TKll Cathioimiai., Uth CiC.NTURY. BALL LEVER. A brass or copper rodhaving a tiiiiicd cupiier ball tloat attached atone end, while the other end operates the ballcock, as in cisterns i)r tanks. As the waterrises, tlie ball floats and moves the lever,…

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