A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 171
; architect. One uf the architects of the cathedral cifPisa: tlie fai;aile finished aliout 1100. RAINERIUS (RANUCIUS) ; architect. Hu iiuulc tiie central window of S. Sil-vestro in Capita, Rome. Works of his sonsNieolaus ami Petrus are dated 1143 and11 GO. RAISER. Same as Riser. RAISING. ^1. In the… … RAMP RAM. A. A large weight for driving piles,and the like. B. A machine for raising water. (See Hy-draulic Ram, below.) Hydraulic Ram. A mechanical device,operating automatically, for raising a smallquantity of water by utilizing the force ob-tained by the fall of a large body of water,the height…
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