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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 274

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n width of the mould. In itsapplication, the stulT may be cut square through or vertically, at the discretion of the workman.Either way produces the same result—a perfectly S(|uare edge on the jihuik. The manner ofsliding the mould is shown at Fig. -4, Plate LXIIL, on which will also be found half… … GLOSSARY. 139 M. Machicolatioxs ; (in Gothic arcluteoture.)—Small openings in an embattled parapet for the dis-charge of missiles upon the assailants. Frequently these openings are beneath the parapet;in Tvhich case the whole is brought forward and supported by corbels. Mechanical Carpentry.—That…

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