. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. limitedto the place immediately under therafters, as cockloft in a house, hay-lojtin a stable, &c. See Solau. Logan. See Eocking Stone. Logarithms. Artificial numbers used tofacilitate arithmetical calculations. LoGGLi. (It.) In its strict meaning alodge; but usually signifying a galleryopen to the air, and used for shelter, orfrom which to obtain a prospect. Log-house. A hut constructed of thetrunks of trees. Logistic Spiral. One whose radii are in
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. limitedto the place immediately under therafters, as cockloft in a house, hay-lojtin a stable, &c. See Solau. Logan. See Eocking Stone. Logarithms. Artificial numbers used tofacilitate arithmetical calculations. LoGGLi. (It.) In its strict meaning alodge; but usually signifying a galleryopen to the air, and used for shelter, orfrom which to obtain a prospect. Log-house. A hut constructed of thetrunks of trees. Logistic Spiral. One whose radii are incontinued proportion, and in which the ^radii are at equal angles; or, in other ^_words, a spiral line wiiose radii every- ._r:where make equal angles with the -l^- tanrents. Figri4l2. Lombard Architecttjbb. The class of Romanesque architecture which prevailed in the Northern parts of Italy. Li>ng and Short Work. A rough sort of building, consisting of quoin stones placed flatand upright alternately. Many writers consider such masonry as a mark nf tiie woilfof the nth century, or previous to it, and call it Saxon work. ScoyiV/. Tower of Earls Barton Church. GLOSSARY. 1309 LoNGiMETRY. A term used to denote the operation of trigonometry for measuring lengths,whether accessible or inaccessible. LooKUM, or Leucomb. A word used for the projection on the upper floor of a warehouseor mill, to cover a wheel and fall, or a crane, and has a trap-floor to it. It may, pro-bably, be derived from the French term lucarne. Loop. (Fr.) A small narrow window. A loophole is a term applied to the verticalseries of doors in a warehouse, through which the goods in craning are delivered. Loophole. A narrow aperture formed in walls, and sometimes in the merlon of a battle-ment, through which the defenders discharged their bows or firearms. See Balistearia. Lotus. A plant of the water-lily specii s much used in the architeetural ornaments ofthe early nations, and especially in the capitals of
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