A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . to such pillars inclassical Roman usage, and this of theRoman itineraries or otticial descriptions ofthe roads through a province or a section of theempire, upon which chartlike records the pillarswere clearly marked. IVARA. (See .luvara.) IVRY, CONTANT D. (See Contantdlvry.) JACAL, ^1. An American Indian hut orwigwam. B. A method of constructing walls of ahouse by planting poles or timbers in the018 JACK ground, filling in between them with screeii-?work and plastering one or l)oth sides withmud o
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . to such pillars inclassical Roman usage, and this of theRoman itineraries or otticial descriptions ofthe roads through a province or a section of theempire, upon which chartlike records the pillarswere clearly marked. IVARA. (See .luvara.) IVRY, CONTANT D. (See Contantdlvry.) JACAL, ^1. An American Indian hut orwigwam. B. A method of constructing walls of ahouse by planting poles or timbers in the018 JACK ground, filling in between them with screeii-?work and plastering one or l)oth sides withmud or adobe mortar; a favourite style inMexico for i)oor jjeople. A similar system wasiised in the valley of the Lower iMississippi andin some of the Indian liuililings now in ruinsin the Southwest. Examples have been noted insouthwest Colorado where a kind of wicker-work was built on top of a wall and ])lasteredon both sides with nuid. In the Salado valley,Arizona, many thin walls were made in thismanner, while the thick ones had two rows ofwickerwork connected by transverse braces,. ^s^^sq^ms^^s Jacobean Manok House, Bramshill (Sukrey)1609 the intervening space being filled with rammedmud, and the other surfaces of the wicker beingplastereil. (See Pise; Wattle and Daub.) — F. S. D. JACK (n.). In building, an apparatus forraising, lowering, or sustaining a part of a build-ing; consisting, in its usual and simplest form,of a vertical screw which is raised or loweredwhen turned in a fixed nut, and the top of whichsupports the given loail. (See Jackscrew.) Bviilders Jack. .1. Sometimes, same asJack, above. B. A small staging or platform hung orbracketted from a window JACOBEAN ARCHITECTURE Hydraulic Jack. A modification of thehydraulic jn-ess. By means of this instrumentweights far beyond the power of the ordinaryjackscrew can be moved. Hydrostatic Jack. A variety of HydraulicJack, the term 1 icing adopted by the inventor todescribe his invention. ?Window Jack. Sam
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