A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 209
ss Bridgingor Herringbone Bridging (which see underBridging). BRACKET. A member prepared for carry-ing a weight which overhangs or projects, as aprojecting story of a building, or a shelf Thisis the general term ; and although it would nothe applied, often, to a cantilever, a corbel, a… … at the foot. If, tlierefore, a liraeket is securedto a wall along tlie whole height of its verticalmember, the more tlie horizontal member aboveis loaded, as witii a balcony, bay window, or thelike, the more of a pull is exercised upon thewall immeiliately lielow tliis projecting member.This may…
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