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A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 649

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WOOD, CONSTRUCTION IN, PART I., FIG. 3: HOUSE AT RUETI. SOLID BUILDING OF SQlAREDTIMBER OR THICK PLANK. SL^IILAR TO A LOG HOFSE. THE VERTICAL RID(iE IN THEMIDDLE OF THE GABLE WALL DENOTES A PARTITION. OUTSIDE SHUTTERS SLIDEHORIZONTALLY. 1117 1118 WOOD and sometimes com])licateil variations of… … ■Wood, Co.nstructiojj in, Part I., Fig. 4. Christopher AVren and his followers in theeighteenth century showed great skill and in-genuity in adapting the princi]ile of the king orqueen jjost tru.ss to the framing of church roofs,in which the visible ceilings were flat, arched,or vaulted in plaster.…

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