A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 281
ginto small chambers, open toward a central room,each accommodating one family. Aleut houseswere also of sods laid up to form walls and roof.(See Barabara and Yourt.) —F. S. Dellenbattgh. IGLUGEAK. (From the Innuit (Eskimo)iglu; house.) The Eskimo (Esquimaux) dome-shaped snowhouse. When the Eskimo… … Iglcgbak: Ground Plan; Exterior with Sec-tion OF Entrance; and Longitudinal Section. ern hemisphere. For the best results, snownmst be deep and compact enough to permithomogeneous blocks to be cut out with the snowknife, an implement of bone, shaped like a shortsword ; or with a stiff steel saw…
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