. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . would be best designated as fixture could be made an effi-cient indirect lighting unit by theuse of a large prismatic reflectorand tungsten lamp inside the artglass construction. The transmittedlight would be sufficient to bringout the color effect of the leadedglass. Fig. 8 shows a successful modi-fication of the popular showertype of fixture, by the use of a bandof metal to relieve the severity ofof the chains. construction is relieved by the grace-ful curves of the supports and setoff by the rivet heads. The fixture


. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . would be best designated as fixture could be made an effi-cient indirect lighting unit by theuse of a large prismatic reflectorand tungsten lamp inside the artglass construction. The transmittedlight would be sufficient to bringout the color effect of the leadedglass. Fig. 8 shows a successful modi-fication of the popular showertype of fixture, by the use of a bandof metal to relieve the severity ofof the chains. construction is relieved by the grace-ful curves of the supports and setoff by the rivet heads. The fixtureis reasonably efficient as an illumi-nating device and very modest inprice, and would acceptably fillmany requirements in the cottageor bungalow. Fig. 7 is chiefly interesting fromthe illumination standpoint, repre-senting an effort to combine boththe direct and indirect methods of illumination. The design is what. / i lassical Treatment of the Shoii Moral—Use Concrete Piles The old adage of an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of curedoes not hold true in the case of protecting wooden piles from the home-making propensities of teredos and other marine borers. The various pre-servative treatments merely postpone the day of tendability. Recentexperiments at Seattle have demonstrated that an electric current of highamperage and low voltage will poison these pests by liberating largevolumes of chlorine as the result of electrolysis.—Journal of and Gas. //((• . I re hi tret ami Engineei 85 The Varied Use of Bond in Brickwork Ml ill attention is now being given by architects to brickwork, as isnoticeable in nearly ever) new building of architectural with texture and fine color tones and bonds thai make apretty pattern in the wall arc employed. Less and less is being seen innew work of the old-style running bond, or the representatives of it thathouse painter


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