A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 304
them. It is also customary tohold isolated piers or iron columns by crampingthem with timbers and belts, depending uponfriction and utilizing any convenient indenta-tion, or bars passing through hnlcs that havelicen drilled. A part of a building raised to position with49(5 SHORING the screws… … Fni. 2. stances; then weilged witli iron or slate andleft for the mortar to harden until the needlescan be removed. The holes thus left are thenfilled in with masonry. If the building is to be removed, long inter-mediate needles are introduced, running fromwall to wall so as to hold the building…
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