A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 165
f swinging bells an ai)]iaratus270 BELFRY is provided coiisistiiiit of a lialf wheel, or, inmixleni times, a wlieel forming a complete circle,which wheel is secured to a stock or head-stock at its axle, and consisting of a very solidshort beam of wood supporting the bell andmoving with the wheel.… … Belfry: Inte;!Ior of West Toweb of Church at liERNIERES, NEAR CaEN (CaLVADOS) . The lio.l ropt^s [lass UirougU holes in the vaulting to the church floor. lias been substituteil. The rope is secured toone spoke or brace of the wheel and follows itsgrooved circumference for perhaps one quarterof the…
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