Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work...American school of correspondence, 1907 |
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12 inches 12 on blade 9 on tongue abacus angle arch Architect architrave Athens base bed-mould bevel building carved Classic colonnade column shafts common rafter Composite Order Corinthian capital Corinthian Order corner cornice crowning decorated diameters high Doric column drawing echinus employed entablature entasis Erechtheum examples face feet figures fillet fluted folding plates foot of run foot run frieze Greek architecture Greek Doric Greek Doric Order Greek Orders heel cuts height hip or valley illustrated intercolumniation Ionic capital length method metope Minerva Polias module Monument of Lysicrates moulding mutule neck one-half ornament outline Parthenon pedestal pediment Phigalia pier pilaster pitch placed plain porch portico projecting proportions Propylæa rendering Roman architecture Roman Corinthian Roman Doric Order Roman Orders Rome shown in Fig shown in Plate side soffit space Steel Square stylobate Theater of Marcellus treatment triglyph Vignola volute wall
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Сторінка 3 - ... connected with building. Grateful acknowledgment is here made also for the invaluable cooperation of the foremost architects, engineers, and builders in making these volumes thoroughly representative of the very best and latest practice in the design and construction of buildings ; also for the valuable drawings and data, suggestions, criticisms, and other courtesies. JB JOHNSON, CE Formerly Dean, College of Mechanics and Engineering, University of Wisconsin Author of "Engineering Contracts and...
Сторінка 4 - BAKER Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois Author of "A Treatise on Masonry Construction
Сторінка 3 - Building Construction and Superintendence. Part I, Masons' Work; Part II. Carpenters' Work: Part III, Trussed Roofs and Roof Trusses." "Strength of Beams. Floors, and Roofs." ^ WILLIAM H. BURR, CE Professor of Civil Engineering, Columbia University: Consulting Engineer; American Society of Civil Engineers; Institution of Civil Engineers. Author of " Elasticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering...
Сторінка 303 - ... Tympanum (tim'pa-num). The triangular area surrounded by the cornices of a pediment. (See Fig. 20.) Type (tip). The original model or kind which becomes the subject of copy; the mark or impression of something bearing a definite and unmistakable stamp; belonging to a special sort or family. u Undercut (un-der-kut').
Сторінка 299 - Denoting a portico in which the columns stand out entirely in front of the walls of the building to which it is attached; also denoting a temple or other structure having columns in front only, but across the whole front. (See Plate XXXIII.) Pseudo-dipteral (su-do-dip'te-ral). The term applied to a temple falsely or imperfectly dipteral, the inner range of columns surrounding the cella being omitted. (See Fig. 33.) Pteroma (te-ro'ma). The space between the wall of the cella of a Classical temple...
Сторінка 63 - The only mouldings on the architrave are the listel and the taenia which crown it, and which serve to separate it from the frieze. The listel or regula is quite small, and is used in short sections occurring directly beneath the triglyphs in the frieze above, being always of a length to correspond to the width of the face of the triglyph. Six conical drops or guttae are placed at regular intervals beneath, and hanging from, the listel.
Сторінка 5 - NEWTON HARRISON, EE Author of " Electric Wiring. Diagrams and Switchboards." FRANCIS B. CROCKER, EM, Ph. D. Head of Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University : Past President. American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Author of
Сторінка 161 - ... capitals and small letters. The date, the student's name and address, and the plate number should be lettered on each plate in one-line letters, such as are used in the title of Fig.
Сторінка 293 - ... triglyph. (See Fig. 7.) Greek Fret (grek fret). A geometrical, repeating ornament, generally used to ornament a fascia, band, or frieze. (See L and N, Plate XL.) Grille (gril). The barred metal work — or other material — forming an enclosing screen, or protecting the openings of a structure. (See doorway, Plate LVIII.) Groined (groind). The term applied to the curved intersection of two vaults meeting each other at any angle. (See Fig. 27.) Guilloche (gi-losh').
Сторінка 300 - In the Ionic Order, the rounding end of the volute, which rolls up on itself. (See Fig. 61.) Rosette (ro-zet'). A carved, conventionalized imitation of a rose or other design of similar, circular outline, executed in some material. (See Fig. 9.) Running dog (run'ing dog'). A Classic, ornamental moulding, generally used in a frieze or band, resembling the wave ornament. (See M in Plate XL.) Rusticated (rus'ti-ka-ted).