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Sloan's constructive architecture : a guide to the practical builder and mechanic (1859)

Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co. · leaf 262

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s. Since all the body-ribs stand perpendicular to the plan, tlie upper edge must l»e beveled tocorrespond to the rake of the groin. To do this, let the under edge 1111, at B, of tlie body-ribs, be beveled according to the rake, so that they may stand perpendicular; then take a mouldfrom B, or one… … GLOSSARY. 133 Frieze.—The middle member of the entablature of an order which separates the architrave andthe cornice. Frontispiece.—The face or fore-front of an edifice; more generally applied as a term to desig-nate the decorated entrance. Front.—A name given to the principal interior facade of a…

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