Plaster and Plastering: Mortars and Cements, How to Make, and How to Use ... to Which Is Appended an Illustrated Glossary of Terms Used in Plastering, Etc
Plaster and Plastering: Mortars and Cements, How to Make, and How to Use ... to Which Is Appended an Illustrated Glossary of Terms Used in Plastering, Etc
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED iiN PLASTERING AND PLASTER DECORATION. Abaci.--Supposed by Vitruvius to mean panels in the stucco of walls, and used as a decoration above the dado. Abreuvoir.--The joint between two stones, or the interstices left to be filled up with mortar or cement. Admeasurement.- ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED iiN PLASTERING AND PLASTER DECORATION. Abaci.--Supposed by Vitruvius to mean panels in the stucco of walls, and used as a decoration above the dado. Abreuvoir.--The joint between two stones, or the interstices left to be filled up with mortar or cement. Admeasurement.--Adjustment of proportion; technically an estimate of the quantity of materials and labor of any kind used in building. Albarium Opus. (Lat.)--A sort of plastering composed of pure lime; used by the ancients for incrusting latha and making cornices. Alto-relievo.--High relief. A sculpture, the figures of which project from the surfaces on which they are carved. Angle-Bead.--Vertical beads, generally of wood, fixed to exterior angles, flush with the intended surface of the plaster, on both sides, for the purpose of fortifying the angles against accident; they serve also for floating the plaster. Their section is about three-fourths of a circle, with a projecting part from the other quarter, by which they are fastened to the corner stud, wood bricks, plugging, or bond timbers. The section of angle-bead is sometimes that of a triple-bead, the middle one being larger than the two outer ones, and flush with the plaster. Angle-beads of wood around the intradosses of circular arches are difficult to bend without cutting or steaming thorn; the former has an unsightly appearance, and the latter is inconvenient and troublesome; for this situation of angle-beads, no other material will finish as well as the plaster itself, and it will be sufficiently strong, as at that height it is more out of the reach of accident. Whenever wooden and plaster beads are employed in the same margin or angle, they should never join each other, but should always have an impost to...
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