 | Joseph Gwilt - Architecture - 1826 - 290 pages
...each other. tion, and in the substance of the wood to which it is joined, is inserted. GROUND PLATE or SILL. The lowest plate of a wooden building for...supporting the principal and other posts. GROUNDS, in joinery. Pieces of wood flush with the plastering to which the wooden fmishings are attached. GROUT.... | |
 | Edward Shaw - Architecture - 1832 - 402 pages
...Isosceles Arch. A pointed symmetrical arch of which the springing lines are in the same level. Ground Plate or Sill. The lowest plate of a wooden building for supporting the principal and other posts. Groved Notch. A recess of a rectangular form on one side of a piece of timber, for receiving a corresponding... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Bricklaying - 1832 - 424 pages
...beam in a floor for supporting the bind GROOVED NOTCH, § 29. See PlatfU. GROUND PLATE, or SILL, is the lowest plate of a wooden building for supporting the principal and other posts. See Plate V. II AMMl.U, § 15. HAND SAW, § 3. HOOK PINS, § 20. H. HANDSPIKE, a lever for carrying... | |
 | James Gallier - Building - 1836 - 228 pages
...light gay style of ornament, practised by the Romans in the decoration of their palaces, baths, &c. Ground-plate, or Sill. The lowest plate of a wooden...building, for supporting the principal and other posts. GutttB. See drops. H Hall. A large public building. A large room at the entrance of a building Hammer-beam.... | |
 | Edward Shaw - Architecture - 1836 - 438 pages
...ARCH. A pointed symmetrical arch, of which the springing lines are in the same level. GROUND PLATE or SILL. The lowest plate of a wooden building for supporting the principal and other posts. GROVED NOTCH. A recess of a rectangular form on one side, of a piece of timber, for receiving a corresponding... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Geometry - 1845 - 430 pages
...for supporting the bind '"? joists. GROOVED NOTCH, § 29. See Plate U, GKOUND PLATE, or SILL, is tho lowest plate of a wooden building for supporting the principal and other posts. See Plate V. H. HAMMER, § 16. HAND SAw, § 3. HOOK PINS, § 20. HANDSPIKE, a lever for carrying a... | |
 | Minard Lafever - Architecture - 1849 - 306 pages
...being turned round its axis, edgetools are sharpened, by applying the basil to the convex surface. GROUND-PLATE OR SILL. — The lowest plate of a wooden...building for supporting the principal and other posts. TERMS L'SED IN CARPENTRY AND JOINERY. GROUNDS. — Pieces of wood concealed in a wall, to which the... | |
 | John Weale - Architecture - 1850 - 600 pages
...rough gravel or sand Ground-plate orground-sill,the lowest plate of a wooden building for supportingthe principal and other posts Grounds, pieces of wood...plaster, to which the facings or finishings are attached Ground table stones, the projecting course of stones in a wall above the plinth Ground-ways, large... | |
 | John Weale - 1850 - 590 pages
...principal and other posts Ground table stones, the projecting course of stones in a wall above the plinth Grounds, pieces of wood fixed to walls and partitions,...plaster, to which the facings or finishings are attached Grouping is the combining or joining objects in a picture for the satisfaction of the eye, and also... | |
 | Edward Shaw - Architecture - 1852 - 426 pages
...ARCH. A pointed symmetrical arch, of which the springing lines are in the same leveL GROUND PLATE, or SILL. The lowest plate of a wooden building for supporting the principal and other posts. GROUND LINE. The straight line upon which the vertical plane of projection is placed. GROVED NOTCH.... | |
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OR SILL. — The lowest plate of a wooden building for supporting the principal and other posts. GROUNDS. 
