A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 108
t in which the sacred vessels are cleansed. Mallet, Jf Ai-cliriiliii/ic Udifjieusf, 2 vols., Paris,1887. — (. C. PIS^. A building material (.see Pise Ma-sonry, under Masonry.) This material is nun-h \iscd in parts of Cen-tral and South America. A kind ol pise workwas useil by some American Indians,… … Piscina: Ix DwELLiNG-HorsE at Oakham, Rut-landshire; KJTH Century. many ruins discloses a method of ramming theclay between two lines of wicker work boundtogether by cross sticks. (See Cajon; ClayWalling; Tapia.)—F. S. D. PISON ; architect. Pison, MuUn> iVceuvre, constructed, at theclose of the…
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