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GLOSSARY.
The following
table shows the cohesive force of a square inch of different substance?
from the
experiments of
Professor Robinson
:
Gold when cast
Silver
-
Cast iron
Wrought iron
Soft steel
lb;
- 20
- 40
40 to 60
60 to 90
- 12
lbs.
15 Fir
Cedar
Ivory
Bone
Rope
lbs.
8
5
16
5
20
They are
Razor steel - - -
Oak and beech in the
direction of their fibres
from- - - 8 to 17
Willow- - - - 12
Responds.
Half-piers at the east or west end of the nave, transepts, or choir
sometimes formed in the shape of corbels.
Ressault. (Fr.) The recess or projection of a member from or before another, so as
to be out of the line or range with it.
Retable. a shelf, temporary or otherwise, between the altar and the east wall. A
series of receding shelves or rotables, behind and separate from the altar, is thought
convenient for placing thereou vases of flowers and candlesticks.
Retaining Wall, Such as is built to retain a bank of earth from sliding down. It is
is also called a revetment, or revetement, wall. The term is usually restricted to a
wall built to retain an artificial bank. One erected to sustain the force of solid ground
is called a breast wall.
Reticulated. Like the meshes of a net. The reticulatitm opus of the ancients is
described under the article Masonry.
Return. The continuation of a moulding, projection, &c., in an opposite direction. A
feiJe or part which falls away from the front of a straight work.
Return Bead. See Bead and Double Quirk.
Reveal. (Lat. Rovello.) The vertical side of an aperture between the front of the wall
and of the window, or door, frame.
Revolution. In geometry, the motion of a point or line about a centre. Thus, a right-
angled triangle, revolving round one of its legs as an axis, generates a cone in its
revolution.
Rhenish ARCHiTECTtrEE. The species of Romanesque practised in the Rhine countries,
differing only in subordinate fea-
tures from that of other parts of
Germany. Fig. 1436.
Rhomboid. (Gr.) A quadrilateral
figure whose opposite sides and
angles are equal.
Rhombus. (Gr.) A quadrilateral
figure, whose sides are all equal,
and whose opposite angles are
respectively equal, two being
obtuse and two acute.
Rib. (Sax.) An arch-formed piece
of timber for supporting the lath
and plaster work of a vault.
Ribbing. An assemblage of ribs
for a vault or coved ceiling.
Ridge. (Sax.) The highest part
of a roof. The term is more
particularly applied to the piece
of timber against which the
upper ends of the rafters pitch.
Ridge Tile. A convex tile made
for covering the ridge of a roof.
Slate ridging and terra cotta
ridging are often employed.
Right Angle. One containing
ninety degrees. A ready mode
of obtaining a right angle in set-
ting out buildings and for other
purposes, is: make the vertical
line equal to six divisions, the
baseline equalto eight similar di-
visions, then the distance between
each point should be equal to ten such divisions, to make the angle to be obtained a
right angle.
Fig. 1436. Church at Andemach.