The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 223
is the span of the gate.Fig. 37. is a park gate with wickets on this plan. The span ofthe gate is 12 ft.; the wickets are 2^ ft. wide, and 6 ft. high. Thesupporters may be made of open iron castings. The wicketscould be made for about 18s. apiece, the gate itself for 4/. or51. 105. in all. A very… … and so much have they been in demand ever since, that Mr.Douglas had orders for betwixt thirty and forty of them, ofwhich one was for Earl Gray, Howick Hall.London, Dec. 1839. [The principles of construction exhibited in these gates mayafford suggestions for combinations of iron wires and rods,…
